China March exports jump 18.7% on-year: Customs

China's exports surged 11.5 percent year-on-year in March to $160.8 billion, authorities said Wednesday, in a positive sign for the world's second-largest economy. Imports fell for the 17th consecutive month, dropping 7.6 percent on-year to $131.0 billion, Customs said, while the trade surplus leaped to $29.9 billion, nearly 10 times the dollar figure for the same month last year. The data beat expectations, with a Bloomberg poll of economists predicting a 10 percent increase in exports in dolla