GACC: China's foreign trade value rises 1.3% YoY in Q1

China posted a 1.3% on-year uptick in foreign trade value during this year's first quarter, with the total value reaching Yuan 10.3 trillion ($1.4 trillion), according to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs (GACC) on April 14.

Amid increasing external challenges, all localities and departments and foreign trade enterprises across the country actively responded, helping China's foreign trade to achieve a steady start in the first quarter, the GACC observed. Within the total value in Q1, the country's export value swelled by 6.9% on year to Yuan