From January to October 2019, the trade volume between China and Africa was 170.78 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%

According to Chinese customs statistics, from January to October, the trade volume between China and Africa was US $ 170.78 billion, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%, exceeding the overall growth rate of China's foreign trade by 4.0%.Among them, China ’s exports to Africa were US $ 91.36 billion, an increase of 6.0% year-on-year, and imports from Africa were US $ 79.42 billion, a decrease of 3.2% year-on-year; the trade surplus was US $ 11.93 billion, an increase of 188.5% year-on-year.

In the month of October, the total value of imports and exports between Africa and China was 16.61 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 4.2%.Among them, China ’s exports to Africa were US $ 9.28 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%; imports from Africa were US $ 7.33 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 15.1%; and its trade surplus was US $ 1.95 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4194.0%.