According to the General Administration of Customs, between January and July the trade figure reached 2.11 trillion yuan (about 293 billion dollars), an increase of three percent over the previous year.

In July, bilateral transactions reached 326.50 billion yuan (about 45.3 billion dollars), with a year-on-year growth of 8.5 percent, the highest since the beginning of the year.

Exports amounted to 30.4 billion dollars, up 6.8 percent, while imports totaled 14.9 billion dollars, up 12.3 percent.

Agricultural cooperation between member countries strengthened in the first seven months of the year.

According to the data, Chinese exports of agricultural machinery and pesticides grew by 47.8 percent and 30.3 percent, respectively.