China’s foreign trade in the first seven months of 2012 According to statistics of the Customs, China’s exports and imports in the first seven months of 2012 reached $2.16837 trillion, up by 7.1% over the same period of last year. Specifically, exports stood at $1.13124 trillion, up by 7.8% year on year; imports $1.03713 trillion, up by 6.4%. The seven months saw a trade surplus of $94.11 billion.