In January-July this year, Central Asia's share in Xinjiang's foreign trade turnover reached 52.2 percent.

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — The share of five Central Asian countries in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region's foreign trade turnover reached 52.2 percent in the first seven months of this year, official data released by Urumqi Customs showed Monday.

From January to July 2025, Xinjiang's foreign trade volume amounted to 321.02 billion yuan, up 27.3 percent year-on-year, the Urumqi evening newspaper reported, citing customs data.

In particular, Xinjiang's foreign trade turnover in July amounted to 40.39 billion yuan, up 23.5 percent from a year earlier.

During the reporting period, Central Asian countries remained the largest trading partners of the XUAR, despite the fact that their external trade turnover decreased by 2.7 percent year-on-year.

Since the beginning of this year, the list of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region's trading partners has included 223 countries and regions of the world. At the same time, the region has significantly increased its trade turnover with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. The said indicator has increased by 17.5 percent year-on-year. Its share in the region's foreign trade turnover exceeded 85.3 percent.

According to data from the customs cross-border e-commerce management platform, from January to July 2025, Xinjiang's cross-border e-commerce export volume increased by 334.7 percent year-on-year, while its border trade import volume increased by 78.4 percent year-on-year.

Urumqi Customs vowed to continue to optimize services and expand imports of high-quality agricultural products from neighboring countries to ensure the development of Xinjiang's foreign trade. -0-

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