Trade jumps between Xiamen and BRICS countries

2017-04-27

Local Customs officials said recently that imports and exports through the port of Xiamen to BRICS countries in the first quarter of the year hit 10.3 billion yuan, up 63 percent year-on-year. Imports totaled 7.1 billion yuan, up 114 percent, while exports hit 3.1 billion yuan, up 9.2 percent.

 
India became the largest BRICS trade partner via Xiamen, with combined trade volume of 3.2 billion yuan, up 51 percent and representing over 31 percent of Xiamen's total foreign trade with BRICS countries. Trade with Brazil totaled 2.9 billion yuan, followed by South Africa at 2.5 billion yuan.

 
Major products imported from BRICS countries in the first quarter included iron ore valued at more than two billion yuan, chrome ore valued at 510 million yuan and 230 million yuan in manganese ore. Major export categories included mechanical and electrical products at 1.4 billion yuan and LCD panels at 260 million yuan.

 

 

[ Web editor:Wu Jianhan, Robin Wang    Source:xmnn.cn ]