FXstreet.com (California) - As a measure of the balance between exports and imports of total goods and services, China?s Trade Balance figures came in better-than-expected at nearly $31.5 billion in July, up from nearly $22.3 billion on the previous month, according to the General Administration of Customs. The market anticipated an increase to only $27.3 billion for the month of July.

?China's exports grew 20.4 percent in July from a year earlier, accelerating from 17.9 percent in June, the customs administration said on Wednesday. Imports increased by 22.9 percent in last month over a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs said. That left the country with a trade surplus of $31.5 billion in July, compared with $22.3 billion in June,? reported the Beijing economics team for Thompson reuters.