A gantry crane is operated at Suifenhe Railway Port in Suifenhe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 28, 2020. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province saw its foreign trade total 74.3 billion yuan in the first five months of 2021, local authorities said.
The figure marks an increase of 10.2 percent over the same period last year, according to Harbin Customs.
In the first five months of this year, Heilongjiang's export value surged 13.3 percent to 15.8 billion yuan, while import value reached 58.5 billion yuan, up 9.4 percent year on year.
Besides, the province saw its foreign trade with Russia grow 8 percent year on year to 48 billion yuan during the period, accounting for 64.5 percent of its total foreign trade volume.
Major exported goods during the period included mechanical and electrical products, agricultural products and labor-intensive products, of which the export volume of mechanical and electrical products surged 17.6 percent year on year to 6.78 billion yuan.(Edited by Yang Yifan with Xinhua Silk Road, yangyifan@xinhua.org)
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