BEIJING - Bilateral trade between China and Finland rose 29.5 percent year-on-year to reach 2.2 billion euros during the first four months of this year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday.

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Finland's exports to China totaled 810 million euros, an increase of 35 percent from one year earlier, while China's exports to Finland jumped 26 percent to hit 1.38 billion euros during the first four months, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.

China is Finland's fifth-largest trading partner, its main source of imports and its seventh-largest export market, the statement said.