CHONGQING, July 19 (Xinhua) — Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality saw its foreign trade reach 423.65 billion yuan (about 62.8 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2022, a year-on-year increase of 12.5 percent, according to the city’s customs authorities.
Of the total, exports rose 19.5 percent year on year to 276.99 billion yuan, and imports gained 1.3 percent to hit 146.66 billion yuan.
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