In the first November, Sichuan’s foreign trade import and export exceeded last year’s total.

According to the data released by Chengdu Customs on December 13th, in the first November, the total import and export value of goods trade in Sichuan Province was 612.56 billion yuan, an increase of 13.4% over the same period of last year. This figure has exceeded the total import and export volume of goods in our province last year.

The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Department of Commerce said that in the first 11 months, the import and export volume and import volume of goods in our province remained stable at the tenth place in the country, and the export volume remained at the eighth place in the country after it was upgraded in July.

From the way of import and export trade, in the first 11 months, our province imported and exported 372.68 billion yuan by processing trade, up 24% year-on-year, accounting for 60.8% of the total value of Sichuan’s foreign trade import and export in the same period, up 5.2 percentage points over the same period last year.

From the main import and export places, in the first November, the top five trading partners of our province, such as the United States, ASEAN and the European Union, accounted for 74% of the total foreign trade import and export value of our province in the same period; Sichuan’s import and export to the countries and regions jointly built by the Belt and Road Initiative reached 177.28 billion yuan, up by 18.1% year-on-year, of which the import and export to Uzbekistan, Russian Federation and Turkey increased by 128.5%, 37% and 31.9% respectively.

In terms of sub-regions, Chengdu maintained the position of "leader", and the growth rate of import and export of some cities (states) in eastern Sichuan was significantly ahead of the provincial average, with Nanchong increasing by 4.9 times and Dazhou by 2.6 times.(Reporter   Rose Lee)