China's foreign trade up 5.6 pct in April

China's total goods imports and exports in yuan-denominated terms rose 5.6 percent year on year in April, official data showed Friday.

Last month, China's goods exports increased 9.3 percent year on year to 2.27 trillion yuan (about 314 billion U.S. dollars), while imports edged up 0.8 percent to 1.57 trillion yuan, according to the General Administration of Customs.

In the first four months of this year, China's total goods imports and exports in yuan-denominated terms expanded 2.4 percent to 14.14 trillion yuan, the data showed.

During the same period, exports rose 7.5 percent to 8.39 trillion yuan, while imports declined 4.2 percent to 5.75 trillion yuan.