General Administration of Customs: in the first four months, the growth of imports and exports to ASEAN and the European Union declined to the United States and Japan.

The General Administration of Customs: the growth of imports and exports from ASEAN and the European Union declined to the United States and Japan in the first four months. Data from the General Administration of Customs show that in the first four months, ASEAN was China's largest trading partner. The total value of trade between China and ASEAN was 2.09 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.9 percent, accounting for 15.7 percent of China's total foreign trade. The European Union is China's second largest trading partner. The total value of trade between China and the European Union is 1.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.2 percent, accounting for 13.5 percent. The United States is China's third largest trading partner, and the total value of trade between China and the United States is 1.5 trillion yuan, down 4.2 percent, accounting for 11.2 percent. Japan is China's fourth largest trading partner, and the total value of trade between China and Japan is 731.66 billion yuan, down 2.6%, accounting for 5.5%. In the same period, China's imports and exports to countries along the "Belt and Road Initiative" route totaled 4.61 trillion yuan, an increase of 16 percent. Of this total, exports totaled 2.76 trillion yuan, up 26 percent, and imports totaled 1.85 trillion yuan, up 3.8 percent.