BEIJING, July 6 (Xinhua) -- China saw its export and import volume in service trade reached 2.102 trillion yuan in the first five months of this year, said the Ministry of Commerce (MOC).
The figure jumped 12 percent over the same period of last year, the MOC said on its website.
Export volume of service trade during January and May stood at 691.53 billion yuan, up 13.3 percent year on year, while the import volume of service trade was about 1.41 trilion yuan, up 11.4 percent.
According to the MOC, the trade deficit accounted to 719.41 trillion yuan during the period.(Edited by Yang Yifan, yangyifan@xinhua.org)
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