China News Service, Beijing, April 13. The latest statistics released by the General Administration of Customs on the 13th show that from January to March this year, the import and export trade volume between the mainland and Taiwan increased by 15.2% year-on-year, while the import and export trade volume between the mainland and Hong Kong decreased by 5.7% year-on-year. .
Data show that in the first three months of this year, the cross-strait trade volume was US$82.58 billion.
Among them, the mainland imported 62.24 billion US dollars from Taiwan, a year-on-year increase of 14.1%; the mainland's exports to Taiwan were 20.33 billion US dollars, an increase of 18.9% year-on-year.
From a monthly perspective, in March this year, the cross-strait trade volume was 30.38 billion US dollars.
Among them, the mainland imported 22.23 billion US dollars from Taiwan and exported 8.15 billion US dollars to Taiwan.
In terms of trade between the mainland and Hong Kong, from January to March this year, the import and export trade volume between the mainland and Hong Kong was US$70.5 billion.
Among them, the mainland imported 1.69 billion US dollars from Hong Kong, a year-on-year increase of 9.0%; the mainland's exports to Hong Kong were 68.8 billion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 6.0%.
From a monthly perspective, in March this year, the trade volume between the mainland and Hong Kong was US$22.55 billion.
Among them, the mainland imported 700 million US dollars from Hong Kong and exported 21.85 billion US dollars to Hong Kong.
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