China’s exports in yuan-denominated terms jumped 1.3 percent year-on-year in June, said on Wednesday the country’s General Administration of Customs.

But value of imports was down 2.3 percent from the previous year in June, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

Judged year-on-year, in the first half of 2016, the value of exports dropped 2.1 percent, while that for imports slipped 4.7 percent, leading to a trade surplus for China of 1.67 trillion yuan (US$249.79 billion).

Huang Songping, spokesperson from the General Administration of Customs, was quoted saying exports might still face a “relatively big downward pressure” in the third quarter, as the economic conditions in the domestic and overseas markets remained gloomy.