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On the 13th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, and relevant officials from the General Administration of Customs introduced that in the first quarter, China's foreign trade imports and exports increased by 4.8% year-on-year, and the start of foreign trade imports and exports was stable, improving month by month.

According to customs data statistics, in the first quarter of this year, China's total import and export value was 9.89 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%, with exports reaching 5.65 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%; Import reached 4.24 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.2%.

According to customs data, in the first quarter, China's foreign trade structure continued to optimize, with general trade imports and exports reaching 6.46 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%. ASEAN continues to be China's largest trading partner, with imports and exports to ASEAN reaching RMB 1.56 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 16.1%. Customs data shows that it accounts for 15.8% of China's total foreign trade value. Import and export to the European Union, the United States, Japan, and South Korea amounted to 1.34 trillion yuan, 1.11 trillion yuan, 546.41 billion yuan, and 528.46 billion yuan, respectively.

According to customs data, over the same period, China's imports and exports with countries along the "the Belt and Road" totaled 3.43 trillion yuan, up 16.8% year on year. According to customs data, China's total imports and exports with the other 14 member countries of RCEP reached 3.08 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%.