CHINA will improve port services by speeding up customs clearance, cutting red tape and other improvements, to help the country’s foreign trade, news agency Xinhua said Friday.

    China’s export sales contracted 15 percent in March, a shocking outcome that deepens concerns about China’s sputtering economic growth.

    China’s State Council ordered that red tape and unnecessary work at ports be kept to a minimum while certain charges will be cut or standardized, Xinhua said.

    “These measures focus on supporting foreign trade with easier and better customs clearance services,” Huang Shengqiang, director of the General Administration of Customs’ port management office, told Xinhua. (SD-Agencies)