Exports jumped 8.1% last month in U.S. dollar terms from a year earlier, according to data released by customs authority on Friday, sharply beating with Reuters’ poll estimates of a 1.9% rise.

Imports slumped by 0.2% in April from a year earlier, compared with the economists’ expectations of a 5.9% drop.

Shipments from China had clocked a 12.4% year-on-year growth in March, as exporters rushed to ship out goods to avoid higher tariffs. Imports, however, had dropped by a more than expected 4.3% from a year earlier, underscoring Beijing’s challenge of reviving domestic demand.

U.S. President Donald Trump has placed tariffs of 145% on all imports from China, prompting it to retaliate with tariffs of 125% on American imports. So far, both sides have sought to blunt the economic impact of triple-digit levies by granting exemptions on certain critical products.

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