It is learned from Hangzhou Customs that foreign trade in Zhejiang continues its trend towards recovery. In the first 8 months of this year, the export scale of Zhejiang has surpassed that of Shanghai, and is currently ranked 3rd nationwide after Guangdong and Jiangsu. .
Statistics show that from January to August, the accumulated total volume of foreign trade amounted to 163.48 billion US dollars, with a year-on-year increase of 38.6%. Of this, the export volume amounted to 116.24 billion US dollars, an increase of 39.4% over the same period of last year, 4 percent higher than the average national growth rate; and the import volume amounted to 47.24 billion US dollars, a growth of 36.8% year-on-year.