According to customs statistics, in the first quarter of this year, Chinas foreign trade import and export value 6.12 trillion yuan (equivalent to $ 974.67 billion), excluding currency factors, an increase of 13.4%. Which exports 3.2 trillion yuan (equivalent to $ 508.87 billion), up 18.4 percent; imports of 2.9 trillion yuan (equivalent to $ 465.8 billion), an increase of 8.4%; trade surplus of 270.5 billion yuan (equivalent to 43.07 billion U.S. dollars), while last year Chinas trade surplus of only $ 210 million.