China News Service, Harbin, September 28 (Reporter Wang Nina) Harbin Customs announced on the 28th that in the first eight months of 2026, the total import and export value of goods trade in Heilongjiang Province was 232.01 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1% over the same period last year (the same below). Among them, exports were 71.73 billion yuan, an increase of 21.7%; imports were 160.28 billion yuan, an increase of 6.9%.
Customs staff conduct inspections on growing sites for exported food raw materials. Photo courtesy of Harbin Customs
Both import and export of major trade modes increased. In the first eight months, Heilongjiang Province's general trade import and export volume was 200.63 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5%, accounting for 86.5% of the province's total import and export value in the same period. Border small trade import and export amounted to 20.69 billion yuan, an increase of 17.4%, accounting for 8.9% of the province's total import and export value during the same period. Bonded logistics import and export reached 4.29 billion yuan, an increase of 93.3%, accounting for 1.8% of the province's total import and export value during the same period.
Private enterprises and foreign-invested enterprises grew rapidly. In the first eight months, the import and export of state-owned enterprises in Heilongjiang Province was 126.47 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.4%, accounting for 54.5% of the province's total import and export value in the same period. The import and export of private enterprises was 97.35 billion yuan, an increase of 31.2%, accounting for 42.0% of the province's total import and export value during the same period. The import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 7.05 billion yuan, an increase of 27.5%, accounting for 3.0% of the province's total import and export value during the same period.
Imports and exports to countries co-building the “Belt and Road” and other BRICS countries have maintained growth. In the first eight months, Heilongjiang Province’s imports and exports to countries co-building the “Belt and Road” were 214.12 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3%. Among them, exports were 59.52 billion yuan, an increase of 28.3%; imports were 154.6 billion yuan, an increase of 8.4%. During the same period, imports and exports to the other 10 BRICS member states were 189.36 billion yuan, an increase of 11.9%. Among them, exports were 40.52 billion yuan, an increase of 29.6%; imports were 148.84 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9%.
Exports of mechanical and electrical products, labor-intensive products and agricultural products all increased. In the first eight months, Heilongjiang Province exported 24.73 billion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 5.2%, accounting for 34.5% of the province's total export value during the same period. The export of labor-intensive products was 13.03 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4%, accounting for 18.2% of the province's total export value during the same period. The export of agricultural products was 7.67 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4%, accounting for 10.7% of the province's total export value during the same period.
The value of commodity imports increased. In the first eight months, Heilongjiang Province imported 140.45 billion yuan in bulk commodities, an increase of 6.6%. Among them, the import value of energy products, metal ores, and grain all increased.
