Xinjiang reports major rise in foreign trade

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Xinjiang reports major rise in foreign trade

Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region registered 2.57 billion US dollars in foreign trade in the first eight months of the year, up 74 percent from the same period last year.

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Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region registered 2.57 billion US dollars in foreign trade in the first eight months of the year, up 74 percent from the same period last year.

The growth rate is 37.7 percentage points more than the national average, according to statistics from the Customs administration in Urumqi.

It was the leading international trader of China's western regions which consist of Qinghai, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, andNingxia Hui and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions.

Soaring small border trade and general trade were the two main factors behind the region's sharp foreign trade rise, said the customs spokesman.

Xinjiang mainly exports garments, footwear, machinery and electronic products, tomato ketchup and raw cotton, and imports unprocessed copper and copper materials, steel products, and machinery and electronic products.

Xinjiang borders Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.

The region recorded 1.37 billion US dollars worth of foreign trade with Kazakhstan from January to August, up 79.6 percent yearon year.

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