China remains EU's largest trading partner in January: Eurostat


Aerial photo taken on Aug. 17, 2020 shows the container dock of Yangshan Port in Shanghai, east China. -Xinhua/Ding Ting

BRUSSELS, March 18 (Xinhua): China maintained its position as the European Union (EU)'s largest trading partner as of January, according to data published by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, on Thursday.

In the first month of 2021, the EU exported goods to the value of 16.1 billion euros (about 19.2 billion U.S. dollars) to China, up by 6.6 percent year-on-year, while the imports from China declined by 3.8 percent to 33.3 billion euros.

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