今年前8个月云南对东盟进出口额达1032.2亿元 创历史同期新高

China News Service, Kunming, September 30 (Chen Jing, Wang Hao) Kunming Customs reported on September 30 that in the first eight months of this year, Yunnan Province’s import and export volume to ASEAN reached 103.22 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 20.3% (the same below), a record high for the same period in history.

Yunnan is located in the southwest border of China, bordering Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. It is an important hub from China to ASEAN. There are 29 ports along the 4,060-kilometer-long border. The China-Laos Railway connects Kunming, Yunnan, and Vientiane, Laos.

Kunming Customs statistics show that in the first eight months of this year, Yunnan's import and export of goods trade was 194.67 billion yuan, an increase of 8.3%. Among them, imports and exports to ASEAN were 103.22 billion yuan, an increase of 20.3%, a record high for the same period in history.

In the first eight months, Yunnan's agricultural exports reached 13.25 billion yuan, an increase of 3.6%, ranking first in the central and western regions in terms of export scale. Fresh cut flowers exported 1.03 billion yuan, and coffee exported 450 million yuan, both ranking first in the country in terms of export scale. During the same period, the export of "three new" products - lithium batteries, photovoltaic products and electric vehicles was 3.61 billion yuan, an increase of 1.3 times, with significant growth momentum.

In terms of imports, Yunnan imported 36.46 billion yuan of metal ores in the first eight months, an increase of 30.5%; imported agricultural products 28.44 billion yuan, an increase of 13.1%, of which durian imports were 13.52 billion yuan, an increase of 43.3%, ranking first in the country.

In the first eight months, Yunnan's ports performed well, with 5.27 million inbound and outbound transport vehicles, an increase of 21.1%, and inbound and outbound freight volume of 29.9 million tons, an increase of 10%, both achieving rapid growth.