In the first eight months of this year, Sichuan Foreign Trade import and export increased by 11.8%

According to customs statistics, in the first eight months of this year, the total value of Sichuan cargo trade imports and exports was 650.17 billion yuan, ranking 8th in the country, an increase of 11.8%over the same period last year, and the growth rate ranked 18th in the country.Among them, exports were 390.93 billion yuan, an increase of 15.8%; imports were 259.24 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2%.During the same period, imports and exports across the country increased by 10.1%, of which exports increased by 14.2%and imports increased by 5.2%.

(Reporter Wang Huan)

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