Farmers pack harvested watermelons in Zhonghe township of Danzhou, south China's Hainan province, Feb 24, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING — China's foreign trade of agricultural products remained generally flat year-on-year in 2023, official data showed.

The country's total foreign trade value of farm produce stood at $333.03 billion last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

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In breakdown, China's exports of agricultural products edged up 0.9 percent year-on-year to 98.93 billion dollars, while its imports of such products dipped 0.3 percent to 234.11 billion dollars.

The country's trade deficit came in at 135.18 billion dollars last year, down 1.2 percent from 2022, the data showed.