China’s export growth accelerates, imports sag

Published August 8, 2014 8:07am ET



BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth accelerated in July but imports sagged in a possible sign of weakness in the world’s second-largest economy.

Exports jumped 14.5 percent from a year earlier, double June’s 7.2 percent growth, customs data showed Friday. Imports fell 1.6 percent, down from the previous month’s 5.5 percent expansion.

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