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The General Administration of Customs recently announced that customs data shows that in the first two months of this year, China's total foreign trade import and export value was 6.18 trillion yuan, of which the export scale reached a new historical high during the same period, and foreign trade achieved a stable start.

According to customs data, in the first two months of this year, China's total import and export value was 6.18 trillion yuan, a slight decrease of 0.8% year-on-year; Customs data shows that exports reached 3.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%; The import reached 2.68 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.9%.

Customs data shows that in terms of exports, in the first two months, China exported 570 billion yuan, 183.56 billion yuan, and 165.22 billion yuan to ASEAN, Japan, and South Korea, respectively, with year-on-year growth of 17.9%, 6.7%, and 10.2%. ASEAN continues to be China's largest trading partner, accounting for 15.4% of China's total foreign trade value.

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 total imports and exports to other RCEP member countries amounted to 1.91 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%.