January-April agricultural deficit decreased by 3.5% year-on-year

The Ministry of Agriculture released on January and April the import and export of agricultural products in China from January to April. From January to April, China's total import and export of agricultural products was US$57.02 billion, up 4.4% year-on-year. Among them, exports were US$20.93 billion, up 7.5% year-on-year; imports were US$36.09 billion, up 2.6% year-on-year; trade deficit was US$15.16 billion, down 3.5% year-on-year.

Data show that from January to April, 3.969 million tons of imported grain, down 18.2% year-on-year, import value of 1.46 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 11.1%; exports of 389,000 tons, an increase of 28.3%, export value of 280 million US dollars, an increase of 25.9% The net import was 3.580 million tons, a decrease of 21.2% year-on-year. In addition, from January to April, the cotton import amounted to US$3.5 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 28.9%; the import volume of sugar was US$440 million, a year-on-year decrease of 12.7%.