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Xinjiang foreign trade with B&R countries rises in 2018

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2019-02-15 14:00:42Xinhua Editor : Gu Liping ECNS App Download

The foreign trade volume between northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and countries along the Belt and Road (B&R) totaled about 291.5 billion yuan (43 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018, up 13.5 percent year on year.

The figure accounted for 98.2 percent of the total foreign trade through the region's ports last year, according to the regional customs Thursday.

The export to the countries along the B&R totaled 152.1 billion yuan, up 0.7 percent, while the import from these countries reached 139.4 billion yuan, marking a significant increase of 31.7 percent from the previous year.

Statistics from the customs showed that Russia and Central Asian countries were the major trade partners of Xinjiang. Among these countries, Kazakhstan recorded the most foreign trade volume of 104.9 billion yuan with the region, followed by Russia at 61.3 billion yuan.

In addition, Xinjiang has also seen the foreign trade growth rate more than double with some European countries, including Armenia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria.

Mechanical, electrical and labor-intensive products were major exports to B&R countries while energy and resource products were major imports.

Efforts have been made to facilitate foreign trade of Xinjiang. According to the customs, the average customs clearance time in the region has been more than halved in 2018 as against the previous year.

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