China trade buoyed by robust demand

Steady demand: A cargo ship being loaded at a port in Qingdao. Demand for Chinese products has proven resilient this year as global demand holds up. — AFP

BEIJING: China’s overseas shipments rose from a year earlier as global demand held up and trade tensions with the US were kept in check amid ongoing talks. At home, resilient demand led to a rise in imports.

Exports rose 11.3% in June in US dollar terms, the customs administration said, more than the estimate of 8.9% in a Bloomberg survey.