BEIJING — China's foreign trade rebounded in May as total imports and exports went up 9.6 percent year-on-year to 3.45 trillion yuan on top of April's 0.1-percent expansion, official data showed on June 9.

In the first five months of 2022, the country's foreign trade volume grew 8.3 percent year-on-year to 16.04 trillion yuan, outpacing the 7.9-percent-growth in the January-April period, according to the General Administration of Customs.

In US dollar terms, total foreign trade came in at $2.51 trillion in the five-month period, up 10.3 percent year-on-year.