China’s agriculture products maintained steady growth momentum in foreign trade in the first three quarters of this year. The trade volume of the country’s agriculture products totalled $248.51 billion in the first nine months of 2022, up 10.4 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Exports rose by 21.5 per cent over the same period last year, while imports up by 6.4 per cent. China’s agriculture sector saw its industrial added value up 4.2 per cent year-on-year during the period.
Consumption in the country’s rural areas also quickened, with the retail sales of consumer goods rising 0.9 per cent year-on-year between January and September, up 1.2 percentage points over that in the first half of this year.