China's total goods imports and exports nudged up 0.4 percent year-on-year to 23.55 trillion yuan in the first seven months, according to the General Administration of Customs on Tuesday.
In the January-July period, exports grew 1.5 percent year-on-year to 13.47 trillion yuan while imports edged down 1.1 percent from a year earlier to 10.08 trillion yuan, the data showed.
Private enterprises, a main contributor to China's foreign trade, saw their combined imports and exports grow 6.7 percent year-on-year to 12.46 trillion yuan in the first seven months. The value represented 52.9 percent of the country's total foreign trade, the data showed.
