Ministry of Agriculture announced Thursday that the country's farm produce trade totaled $175.77 billion in 2012, an increase of 12.9 percent over the previous year. The gap between exports and imports, however, expanded 44.2 percent in 2012, as a result of surging farm produce imports. Photo: CFP" src="http://www.globaltimes.cn/Portals/0/attachment/2011/3d2068b3-5918-4857-9959-04ece1ec3054.jpeg">