BEIJING: China’s exports fell unexpectedly in April as imports posted their sixth straight monthly decrease, official data showed on Friday, with analysts calling for more stimulus to bolster the world’s second-largest economy.

The country’s exports dropped 6.4 percent year-on-year in April to $176.3 billion, the customs authority said—well below the median forecast of a 0.9 percent rise in a Bloomberg News poll of economists.

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