A Yuxin'ou (Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe) China-Europe freight train leaves the Tuanjie Village Station of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, March 19, 2021. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)
CHONGQING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The foreign trade of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality totaled 442.45 billion yuan (about 68.26 billion US dollars) from January to July, up 31.6 percent year on year, customs data showed.
Chongqing's exports surged 31.1 percent to 276.34 billion yuan, while imports increased to 166.11 billion yuan, up 32.3 percent year on year.
In July alone, the total value of imports and exports was 65.97 billion yuan, up 5.3 percent year on year.
ASEAN, the European Union and the United States remained Chongqing's major trading partners, with their import and export values respectively at 71.57 billion yuan, 69.81 billion yuan and 66.42 billion yuan.
During the same period, imports and exports to countries along the Belt and Road reached 121.09 billion yuan, up 32 percent year on year.
In the first seven months, Chongqing's private and state-owned businesses posted strong performances, with the import and export value of private businesses soaring to 192.75 billion yuan and the import and export value of state-owned businesses climbing to 40.72 billion yuan, respectively up 68.6 percent and 50.5 percent year on year.
The municipality said major export commodities included notebook computers, integrated circuits and tablet computers.
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