[safe: the import and export scale of China's balance of payments trade in goods and services increased by 3.6698 trillion yuan in April compared with the same period last year]. According to data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, in April 2023, China's balance of payments import and export volume of goods and services trade reached 3.6698 trillion yuan, an increase of 7 percent over the same period last year. Of this total, exports of goods totaled 1.7982 trillion yuan, imports 1.4059 trillion yuan, with a trade surplus of 392.3 billion yuan; exports of services totaled 174.8 billion yuan, while imports totaled 291 billion yuan, with a deficit of 116.2 billion yuan. The main items of trade in services are: transport services import and export 142 billion yuan, travel services import and export 106.5 billion yuan, other commercial services import and export 88 billion yuan, telecommunications, computer and information services import and export 52.8 billion yuan. In terms of US dollars, in April 2023, China's balance of payments trade in goods and services exported US $286.5 billion, imported US $246.5 billion, and had a trade surplus of US $40.1 billion.