China's exports in June unexpectedly rose 0.5% from a year earlier, and imports increased 2.7%, customs data showed on Tuesday.
FILE PHOTO: A worker with a face mask works next to containers at a port after the lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease outbreak, April 12, 2020. Picture taken April 12, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS
BEIJING - China’s exports in June unexpectedly rose 0.5% from a year earlier, and imports increased 2.7%, customs data showed on Tuesday. Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast exports would fall 1.5% from a year earlier after a 3.3% drop in May.China posted a trade surplus of $46.42 billion last month, compared with the poll’s forecast for a $58.60 billion surplus and $62.93 billion surplus in May.
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