The General Administration of Customs announced today (September 7) foreign trade data for the first eight months of this year. In the first eight months of this year, the total value of my country's foreign trade import and export was 27.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%.

Customs statistics show that in the first eight months of this year, the total value of my country's foreign trade imports and exports was 27.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%. Among them, exports were 15.48 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%; imports were 11.82 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%.

According to customs statistics, in the first eight months, my country's imports and exports to ASEAN, the European Union, the United States and South Korea increased by 14%, 9.5%, 10.1% and 7.8% year-on-year respectively. ASEAN continues to be my country's largest trading partner, accounting for 15% of my country's total foreign trade.

During the same period, my country’s imports and exports to countries along the “Belt and Road” increased by 20.2% year-on-year, which was a year-on-year increase of 7.5% compared with the other 14 members of RCEP.