China News Agency, Beijing, July 14: The latest foreign trade data released by the General Administration of Customs on the 14th shows that from January to June 2020, the import and export trade volume between the mainland and Taiwan increased by 7.8% year-on-year, and the import and export trade volume between the mainland and Hong Kong decreased by 13 year-on-year. %.

  Statistics show that in the first half of the year, cross-strait import and export trade volume was 112.67 billion US dollars. Among them, mainland exports to Taiwan were US$27.42 billion, up 7.9% year-on-year; mainland imports from Taiwan were US$85.25 billion, up 7.7% year-on-year.

  From a single month, in June this year, cross-strait trade volume was 21.11 billion US dollars. The mainland’s exports to Taiwan were US$ 4.89 billion, and imports from Taiwan were US$ 16.22 billion.

  In terms of trade between the Mainland and Hong Kong, in the first half of the year, the import and export trade volume between the two places was US$116.35 billion. Among them, the mainland’s exports to Hong Kong were US$113.36 billion, down 12.2% year-on-year; the mainland’s imports from Hong Kong were US$2.99 ​​billion, down 35% year-on-year.

  From a single month, in June this year, the trade volume between the mainland and Hong Kong was US$21.28 billion. Among them, the mainland exported US$20.74 billion to Hong Kong and imported US$540 million from Hong Kong. (Finish)