BEIJING, Aug.6 (Xinhua) – Wenzhou, major city in East China's Zhejiang province saw its foreign trade with the countries along the Belt and Road routes totaling at 29.08 billion yuan in the first half year, up 33.2 percent year on year, according to the local customs.
To be specific, its exports to the countries along the Belt and Road routes amounted to 22.21 billion yuan during the period, an increase of 14.7 percent year on year, while its imports from those countries stood at 6.87 billion yuan, up 1.8 folds year on year.
In the first half of this year, Wenzhou's imports and exports with the EU, ASEAN, and United States stood at 16.87 billion yuan, 10.94 billion yuan, and 10 billion yuan respectively, accumulatively accounting for 53.7 percent of its total foreign trade values. (Edited by Ma Xin, maxin11@xinhua.org)
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