China's exports fell 25.4 percent on-year in February, while imports declined 13.8 percent, clocking far bigger slides than expected by analysts.
Analysts polled by Reuters had expected a 12.5 percent drop in February exports, and a 10.0 percent drop in imports, after China's exports fell 11.2 percent in January from a year earlier and imports slid 18.8 percent.
According to Reuters, the on-year decline in exports in February was the steepest since May 2009.
China's trade surplus came in at $32.59 billion in February, against analysts' expectations of a $50.15 billion surplus.
