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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 15 (Xinhua) — China’s foreign trade with five Central Asian countries increased by 10.4 percent year-on-year to 286.42 billion yuan (about 39.91 billion U.S. dollars) in the first five months of this year, hitting a new all-time high, the General Administration of Customs said Sunday.
According to the agency, during the specified period, exports from China to five Central Asian countries amounted to 188.18 billion yuan, increasing by 5.6 percent year-on-year, while imports from five Central Asian countries to China grew by 21 percent year-on-year to 98.24 billion yuan.
In particular, in January-May of this year, the volume of agricultural imports from five Central Asian countries to China amounted to 4.36 billion yuan, which is 26.9 percent more than a year earlier.
In addition, during the reporting period, China’s foreign trade volume with the five Central Asian countries via road transport amounted to 143.65 billion yuan, up 10.9 percent year-on-year. -0-