Can Someone Tell the NYT About the Chinese New Year?

After last month touting the fact that China's trade surplus had plunged, the NYT  reports that in March:

"Exports surged last month, helping to produce an unexpected trade surplus of $5.35 billion in March, according to government data released Tuesday."

This one is getting really painful. If we do some deep investigative reporting and look at chart accompanying the article we notice a sharp dip in exports every February which is followed by a big jump in March. Now we might think that...