According to customs statistics, in January 2017, China's import and export value was 2.18 trillion yuan, an increase of 19.6% over the same period last year (the same below). Specifically, the export was 1.27 trillion yuan, up by 15.9%; Imports reached 911.17 billion yuan, up 25.2 percent; The trade surplus narrowed by 2.7 percent to 354.53 billion yuan. What are the main features of China's import and export in January: The proportion of general trade import and export increased

In January, China's general trade import and export reached 1.25 trillion yuan, up 19.9%, accounting for 57.3% of China's total foreign trade, up 0.1 percentage point over the same period last year. The total export value was 708.48 billion yuan, up 12.7%, accounting for 56% of the total export value; Imports reached 538.77 billion yuan, up 30.8%, accounting for 59.1% of the total value of imports; The surplus under general trade was 169.71 billion yuan, narrowing by 21.7%. During the same period, the import and export of processing trade reached 586.13 billion yuan, up by 11.6%, accounting for 26.9% of China's total foreign trade value, which was 1.9 percentage points lower than the same period last year. The total export value was 390.82 billion yuan, up by 14.6%, accounting for 30.9% of the total export value; Imports reached 195.31 billion yuan, up 5.9%, accounting for 21.4% of the total value of imports; The surplus under processing trade was 195.51 billion yuan, up 24.8%

In addition, China's imports and exports under special customs supervision totaled 234.4 billion yuan, up 33.4%, accounting for 10.8% of China's total foreign trade value. The total export value was 73.77 billion yuan, up 12.1%, accounting for 5.8% of the total export value; Imports reached 160.63 billion yuan, up 46.2% and accounting for 17.6% of the total value of imports.