China News Service, Shanghai, April 25 (Reporter Jiang Yu) According to statistics released by Shanghai Customs on the 25th, in the first quarter of this year, Shanghai achieved a total import and export value of 876.7 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 15.8% over the same period last year. .
During the quarter, Shanghai's imports and exports to major trading partners maintained growth, especially to the largest trading partner, the European Union, which accelerated its imports and exports to 180.18 billion yuan, an increase of 26.1%.
In the same period, imports and exports to ASEAN were 123.85 billion yuan, an increase of 11.4%; imports and exports to the United States were 115.38 billion yuan, an increase of 16.7%; and imports and exports to Japan were 95.54 billion yuan, an increase of 16.4%.
In the first quarter, Shanghai exported 231.54 billion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 13.6%, accounting for 69.3% of the total export value of Shanghai in the same period.
Among them, the export of integrated circuits was 36.38 billion yuan, an increase of 6.5%; the export of notebook computers was 23.14 billion yuan, an increase of 1.1 times; and the export of automobiles was 8.24 billion yuan, an increase of 1.67 times.
In terms of imports, in the current quarter, Shanghai imported 168.11 billion yuan of high-tech products, an increase of 10.4%; imports of medical materials and drugs were 23.7 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2%; meat imports were 13.23 billion yuan, an increase of 14.7%; imports of clothing and clothing accessories were 12.39 billion yuan Yuan, an increase of 64.9%.
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