China's foreign trade rose 3.4 percent in 2019 to 31.54 trillion yuan (about 4.6 trillion U.S. dollars), customs data showed Tuesday.

Exports grew 5 percent year on year to 17.23 trillion yuan (about 2.49 trillion U.S. dollars) last year while imports climbed 1.6 percent to 14.31 trillion yuan (about 2.09 trillion U.S. dollars), resulting in a trade surplus of 2.92 trillion yuan (about 423 billion U.S. dollars), which expanded by 25.4 percent, the General Administration of Customs said.