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The General Administration of Customs released customs data on March 7. In the first two months of this year, China's foreign trade import and export totaled 6.18 trillion yuan, of which the export scale reached a record high in the same period, and the foreign trade achieved a stable start.

According to customs statistics, in the first two months of this year, China's foreign trade import and export value was 6.18 trillion yuan, down 0.8% year on year; Exports reached 3.5 trillion yuan, up 0.9% year on year; Customs data showed that the import was 2.68 trillion yuan, down 2.9% year on year.

According to customs data, China's exports to ASEAN, Japan and South Korea in the first two months were 570 billion yuan, 183.56 billion yuan and 165.22 billion yuan respectively, up 17.9%, 6.7% and 10.2% year on year. ASEAN continues to be China's largest trading partner, accounting for 15.4% of China's total foreign trade.

According to customs data, in the first two months of this year, China's import and export to countries along the "the Belt and Road" reached 2.12 trillion yuan, up 10.1% year on year. China's imports and exports to other RCEP member countries totaled 1.91 trillion yuan, up 3.1% year on year.