TIANJIN, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Commission of Commerce of north China's Tianjin Municipality said Monday that the city's cross-border e-commerce import orders increased by 22 percent year on year in the January-February period.
Tianjin received more than 4.22 million import orders in the past two months, with a total sales volume of 675 million yuan (about 96.34 million U.S. dollars), increasing by 14 percent year on year.
The commission said local departments including customs, bonded zones and ports have teamed up to promote cross-border e-commerce enterprises to resume work and production, and help those enterprises solve problems of employment and streamline the customs declaration process.
Up to now, 11 warehouses of major cross-border enterprises in Tianjin including Alibaba's logistics arm Cainiao, China's online retailer JD.com and Kaola have resumed working, with more than 1,000 employees back to their posts, according to the commission.
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