The People's Bank of China data showed some of the country's economic performance during last March and the first quarter of 2019 as it came as follows ... < / p>

- In March 2019, China's trade surplus amounted to $ 33.64 billion

- China's imports decreased by 7.6% in March 2019 compared to March 2018 to reach more than $ 165 billion ...

- China's exports increased by 14.2% in March 2019 compared to March 2018 to reach $ 198.7 billion ... registering the strongest growth in Chinese exports in five months

- China's imports of oil during March 2019 reached 9.26 million barrels per day, down by about one million barrels per day from February 2019 when it reached 10.23 million barrels per day, but China's imports of oil during the first quarter of 2019 amounted to about 9.83 million barrels per day, an increase of about 8.2% over the same quarter of 2018