China saw its imports in January up or down in some commodities, among which, the imports of automobiles increased 1.2 times to 18,000, while the imports of oil and steel decreased by 21.8 % and 18.3% respectively to 2.62 million and 1.57 million tons, according to statistics published by the General Administration of Customs.

The GAC statistics shows primary commodity imports in January topped 13.88 billion US dollars, an increase of 44%; industrial product imports reached 41.62 billion US dollars, up 20.2% and imports of mechanical and electrical products hit 29.67 billion US dollars, a rise of 29.3%.

Among the exports, traditional commodities showed a rising trend, mechanical and electrical products dominated the export market with trade volume increasing by 36.1% to 36.07 billion US dollars, accounting for 55.5% of the total exports.

By People's Daily Online