[General Administration of Customs: China's foreign trade grew by 17.6% in the first eight months] Data released by the General Administration of Customs on September 8 showed that in the first eight months of this year, China's total import and export value of goods trade was 34.78 trillion yuan, and the year-on-year growth rate continued to rise to 17.6%, 0.3 percentage points faster than the first seven months. Among them, exports were 20.17 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.6%; imports were 14.61 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22%. In August, China's import and export volume was 4.65 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.8%. Among them, exports and imports increased by 18.6% and 21.7% respectively, maintaining double-digit growth for 4 consecutive months. The monthly year-on-year growth rate of imports exceeded exports for 6 consecutive months.