Data released by the General Administration of Customs on June 9 showed that in the first five months of this year, my country's imports and exports to African countries reached 963.21 billion yuan, an increase of 12.4% year-on-year, setting a record high in the same period, accounting for 5.4% of my country's total import and export value. Among them, exports were 599.57 billion yuan, an increase of 20.2%; imports were 363.64 billion yuan, an increase of 1.6%. (Reporter Zou Duowei)
