General

With the implementation of a series of measures to promote stable economic growth, the quantity and quality of Xinjiang's international trade increased in the first seven months of this year, and the total import and export value reached 115.47 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.1%.

According to Urumqi Customs, in the first seven months of this year, the foreign trade of northern and southern Xinjiang has shown a coordinated development trend. The foreign trade of Kashgar, Aksu and other southern Xinjiang prefectures has grown significantly, and the import and export value has increased by 55.6% and 83.5% respectively.

With the deepening of the "Belt and Road" initiative, Xinjiang is actively expanding practical cooperation with countries and regions along the "Belt and Road". In the first seven months of this year, Xinjiang’s imports and exports with countries along the “Belt and Road” and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) members were 105.12 billion yuan and 6.3 billion yuan, up 44.1% and 20.4% year-on-year respectively.

Among them, Xinjiang's import and export trade with countries along the "Belt and Road" accounts for 91% of Xinjiang's total foreign trade import and export value. Kyrgyzstan is still Xinjiang's largest trading partner, with an import and export trade volume of 39.82 billion yuan to Kyrgyzstan, a year-on-year increase of 203.3%.

Under the pattern of continuously opening up to the outside world, Xinjiang has been deeply cultivating multiple customs clearance models to create a new highland for foreign trade opening. In the first seven months of this year, the import and export cargo volumes of Xinjiang ports by pipeline, railway and road transportation were 24.624 million tons, 11.315 million tons and 2.953 million tons respectively, an increase of 1.4%, 6% and 98.4% respectively.

In the first seven months of this year, Xinjiang's major international trade commodities increased in an all-round way, and the import of metal ore, agricultural products and coal increased strongly. The export commodities are mainly concentrated in labor-intensive products and mechanical and electrical products, and the imported commodities are mainly mineral products, energy products and other bulk commodities and agricultural products, including metal ores and ore sand, natural gas, coal and lignite, etc. The import of agricultural products is 2.82 billion yuan, an increase of 41.4%. %.