Xinjiang Port's Steady Growth In Trade With SCO Countries

The reporter learned from the Urumqi customs that in the first half of this year, the Xinjiang port of China achieved a total import and export value of 107 billion 930 million yuan for the Shanghai cooperation organizations such as Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Kyrgyzstan, an increase of 7.6% over the same period last year.

The Shanghai cooperation organization is the largest regional international organization in the world. In the first half of this year, China's Xinjiang port and the SCO countries achieved export of 65 billion 410 million yuan, an increase of 4.3% over the previous year, and imports of 42 billion 520 million yuan, an increase of 13% over the same period last year.

In the first half of this year, the Xinjiang port of China imported and exported 66 billion 10 million yuan to the SCO countries in the general trade mode, an increase of 10.5% over the previous year, accounting for more than 60% of the total imports and exports of the two sides. The import and export volume of the border trade was 36 billion 580 million yuan, an increase of 5% over the same period last year. The main commodities exported are electromechanical products, textile garments and footwear. The main commodities imported are crude oil, natural gas and UN wrought copper and copper. Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Kyrgyzstan are the main trading countries of China's Xinjiang port to SCO countries.

From the perspective of enterprises, Xinjiang enterprises achieved 46 billion 270 million yuan of imports and exports to the SCO countries through the Xinjiang port of China, an increase of 7.6% over the same period, of which 35 billion 170 million yuan was exported, accounting for more than 50% of the total export value of Xinjiang ports to SCO in the same period.