Xinjiang'S Foreign Trade Increased Slightly In The First Quarter, With A Total Import And Export Value Of 30 Billion 990 Million Yuan.

Learned from the Urumqi Customs: in the 1 quarter of this year, Xinjiang achieved 30 billion 990 million yuan worth of foreign trade and imports and exports, an increase of 6.7% compared with the same period in 2018.

In the 1 quarter of this year, Xinjiang achieved a total export value of 23 billion 270 million yuan and a total import value of 7 billion 720 million yuan, of which the total value of imports rose significantly, up 40.5% over the same period last year.

The border trade is still the main way of Xinjiang's foreign trade. In the 1 quarter, it achieved 18 billion 770 million yuan in imports and exports, an increase of 2.6% over the same period last year, accounting for more than 6 of the total import and export value in the same period.

General trade import and export 10 billion 750 million yuan, an increase of 12.6% over the same period, accounting for 34.7% of the total import and export value, compared with the same period in 2018 increased by 1.8 percentage points.

In the 1 quarter, Xinjiang's foreign investment and border trade between the two sides increased considerably.

From the perspective of trade countries, Kazakhstan still ranks as Xinjiang's largest trading partner, followed by Kyrgyzstan and Russia.

Meanwhile, Xinjiang's growth in imports and exports to Australia, Argentina, Finland, Chile and other countries is increasing rapidly.

Mechanical and electrical products, clothing and accessories, footwear and so on are still the main categories of Xinjiang's export commodities.

In the 1 quarter, Xinjiang exported 6 billion 90 million yuan of electromechanical products, an increase of 17.6% over the same period last year, accounting for 26.2% of the total value of Xinjiang's exports in the same period, and 22.6% of clothing and accessories.

According to Urumqi customs analysis, the growth of Xinjiang's foreign trade in the 1 quarter was mainly due to the steady progress of domestic economy and the improvement of business environment.

In the overall environment of the favorable economic situation, Xinjiang's economic and social development has maintained a positive and positive trend. Reform and opening up have been steadily advancing, and the demand for foreign trade has increased, providing strong support for the development of foreign trade.

In order to continuously promote the development of Xinjiang's foreign trade, Urumqi customs will continue to take the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Zone as the starting point, vigorously cultivate new competitive advantages in foreign trade, continue to improve the service level, support the "Xinjiang to go out" with the characteristic superior products and enterprises, and constantly stimulate the vitality of the development of private enterprises.