China’s exports grew last month, according to figures released on Friday, and imports surged at their fastest pace in a decade, against the backdrop of an incipient global economic recovery from the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With vaccination campaigns under way \u2014 particularly advanced in the United States, a key market \u2014 and the easing of health restrictions in many countries, demand for the Asian giant’s products is recovering after collapsing in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sales of Chinese goods abroad posted a sharp year-on-year rise of 32.3% last month, driven above all by increased demand for electronics and face masks. The figure is far above the 24.1% analysts had forecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A year earlier in the same period, China’s exports plunged 17.2%, when the pandemic paralyzed much of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the import side, China recorded a 43.1% year-on-year increase in April, a rise explained by the low figure in the same period of 2020, which saw a 4% decline. It is the fastest pace of growth since 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the pandemic under control after a year of efforts in the Asian giant, Chinese consumers have returned to their spending habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for the country’s trade surplus, it reached 42.85 billion dollars in April. A month earlier it stood at 13.8 billion dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n