China's exports rose 8% in April as new US tariffs took effect

The Associated Press

Thu, May 8, 2025, 8:34 PM 1 min read

BEIJING (AP) — China has reported that its exports roseate 8.1% successful April from the twelvemonth earlier successful the process extremity of a unreserved by companies and consumers to bushed higher U.S. tariffs that took effect past month.

Imports fell 0.2% from the twelvemonth before.

On a monthly basis, exports roseate conscionable 0.6% from March, portion imports accrued by astir 4%.

China's politically delicate commercialized surplus with the United States was astir $20.5 cardinal successful April.

In the archetypal 4 months of the year, exports to the United States were down 2.5% from a twelvemonth earlier, portion imports from the U.S. fell 4.7%.