Statistics

Guangdong's foreign trade up nearly 36%

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-03-22 17:38

BEIJING - South China's Guangdong province generated $125.42 billion in foreign trade in the first two months of this year, a growth of 35.5 percent on the same period of last year, the local customs house said Tuesday.

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The growth rate was 7.2 percentage points higher than the national average of 28.3 percent.

Of the total trade volume, foreign-funded companies accounted for 61.2 percent, or $76.7 billion, up 41 percent year-on-year.

Exports included $810 million worth of toys, up 13.5 percent year-on-year and $380 million worth of auto parts, up 24 percent.