China reports surplus in international goods trade

BEIJING -- China reported a surplus in its international goods trade in April, data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange showed on Friday.

Goods exports came in at 1.6666 trillion yuan ($247.3 billion) last month, and imports at 1.3568 trillion yuan, resulting in a surplus of 309.9 billion yuan.

In April, China saw a deficit of 42.9 billion yuan in international trade in services.

The total imports and exports of China's international goods and services trade came in at 3.4427 trillion yuan in April, basically unchanged from the same period last year.