BEIJING -- China's exports rose 11.3 percent year-on-year to $180.21 billion in June, slowing from the 15.3 percent in May, the General Administration of Customs said Tuesday.

The imports increased 6.3 percent to $148.48 billion, compared with a growth of 12.7 percent a month earlier.

In the first six months, the total foreign trade reached $1.84 trillion, an increase of 8 percent year-on-year. Exports rose 9.2 percent to $954.38 billion.