BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- East China's Fujian Province saw its foreign trade with the countries along the Belt and Road routes total 195.37 billion yuan in the first half of this year, up 15.9 percent year on year, accounting for 32.6 percent of the province's total foreign trade during the period, according to the local Customs.
To be specific, its exports to the countries along the Belt and Road amounted to114.90 billion yuan during the period, an increase of 9.1 percent year on year, while its imports from those countries stood at 80.47 billion yuan, an increase of 27.3 percent year on year.
Among the countries along the routes, ASEAN countries continued to be the largest trade partner of Fujian Province during the period, with foreign trade at 102.63 billion yuan in H1, up 14.9 percent year on year.
According to the statistics, the province's total foreign trade stood at 598.56 billion yuan in H1. (Edited by Ma Xin, maxin11@xinhua.org)
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