The Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian said the annual trade surplus this year will fall from $ 183.5 billion level of last year, while the proportion of the trade surplus in GDP will also decrease to about 3%. He added the common GDP growth stands at 7%-8%.
Recently, according to the data released by General Administration of Customs of China, In January-June period, trade surplus totaled 44.93 $ billion, a decrease of 18.2%.