Ministry of Agriculture data: vegetable export value up 9.0% year-on-year in the first half
From January to June, China's imports and exports of agricultural products totaled 97.64 billion USD, up 11.8% year-on-year. Of this, exports were 33.77 billion USD, up 5.7% year-on-year; imports were 63.87 billion USD, up 15.3% year-on-year; the trade deficit was 30.10 billion USD, up 28.5% year-on-year.
Vegetables: From January to June, export value was 5.95 billion USD, up 9.0% year-on-year; imports were 270 million USD, up 33.6% year-on-year; the trade surplus was 5.68 billion USD, up 8.1% year-on-year.
Fruit: From January to June, export value was 2.53 billion USD, down 6.3% year-on-year; import value was 2.83 billion USD, up 19.3% year-on-year; the trade deficit was 300 million USD, compared with a surplus of 330 million USD in the same period last year.