Yunnan foreign trade rises 6.3% in 2022

The foreign trade volume of Yunnan province increased by 6.3% to reach 334.23 billion yuan (around 49.29 USD) in the year 2022, said Kunming Customs on January 18.

Kunming Customs officers check a hydro-power equipment to be exported. Photo provided for Yunnan Daily

To boost Yunnan’s trade with the neighboring countries, the customs has rolled out 14 measures, carried out the preferential RCEP policies, and facilitated cross-border logistics.

International trade of businesses in China (Yunnan) Pilot Free Trade Zone reached 92.62 billion yuan, and foreign trade enterprises in the Yunnan bonded zone was 32.23 billion yuan, an increase of 44.3%.

Yunnan exported the most fresh cut flowers and coffee among Chinese provinces, with its vegetable export ranking third in the country.

Reporting by Huang Yixian and Liu Ziyu (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue