China News Service, Beijing, June 9 (Reporter Li Xiaoyu) The latest data released by the General Administration of Customs of China on the 9th showed that the total value of China's imports and exports in May was 3.45 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 9.6%. A substantial increase of 9.5 percentage points from the previous month.

Among them, exports increased by 15.3% and imports increased by 2.8%.

　　In the first five months, China's total import and export value was 16.04 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%.

Among them, exports were 8.94 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.4%; imports were 7.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.7%; the trade surplus was 1.84 trillion yuan, an increase of 47.6%.

　　Looking at different countries, ASEAN continues to be China's largest trading partner.

According to official data, the total trade value between China and ASEAN in the first five months was 2.37 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.1%, accounting for 14.8% of China's total foreign trade value during the same period.

The EU is China's second largest trading partner, with a total trade value of 2.2 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7%, accounting for 13.7% of China's total foreign trade.

The total value of Sino-US trade increased by 10.1% year-on-year.

　　During the same period, China’s imports and exports to countries along the “Belt and Road” totaled 5.11 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.8%.

Among them, exports were 2.84 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.2%; imports were 2.27 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.9%.

　　In terms of products, exports of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products both increased.

In the first five months, China's mobile phone exports were 363.16 billion yuan, an increase of 2.3%; automobile exports were 119.05 billion yuan, an increase of 57.6%; textile exports were 400.72 billion yuan, an increase of 10%.

　　In terms of imports, China's imports of crude oil, coal, natural gas and soybeans all declined in the first five months.

Among them, coal imports were 95.955 million tons, a decrease of 13.6%; natural gas imports were 44.911 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 9.3%; crude oil imports were 217 million tons, a decrease of 1.7%.

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