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Yunnan sees foreign trade rise 16.4% in Jan-Sept

Updated: Nov 4, 2022 Xinhua Print
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Li Xingchang (left), an inheritor of the making technique of famous Chinese Pu'er tea, teaches his apprentice how to pick tea leaves at an ecological tea garden in Ning'er Hani and Yi autonomous county of Pu'er city, Southwest China's Yunnan province, April 10, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]

KUNMING - Southwest China's Yunnan province reported robust foreign trade growth in the first three quarters of 2022, according to the local customs authority.

The province's total import and export value from January to September hit 260.91 billion yuan ($35.96 billion), up 16.4 percent year-on-year.

Exports rose 11.4 percent year-on-year to 131.38 billion yuan, and imports increased 21.8 percent to 129.53 billion yuan, data from Kunming customs shows.

Trade between Yunnan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations totaled 96.65 billion yuan, accounting for 37 percent of the province's total import and export value. It has maintained double-digit growth for five consecutive months since May.

During the January-September period, the province's exports of labor-intensive products increased 48.4 percent year-on-year, and imports of energy products including crude oil, natural gas and coal surged 58.7 percent.

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