Yellow River Basin Foreign Trade Reaches Multi-Year Growth Across Key Sectors

According to China News Service, customs statistics show that the foreign trade scale of the Yellow River basin continued expanding, with an average annual growth rate reaching 4.5% as operating quality steadily rose. Over five years, exports of three green products increased from a baseline level to a higher total with an average annual growth rate of 31.9%, serving as a major engine driving export growth in the basin. Across the region, trading partners increased from 231 to 256 countries and regions, while private enterprises raised their proportion of foreign trade from 53.8% to 64.1% with an average annual growth rate of 9.2%. Regional provinces collaborated to coordinate foreign trade, with Shandong raising its share of basin trade from 51.8% to 54.4%, while Qinghai led the basin with an average annual growth rate of 22.2%.

Integrated circuits and computer components among high-tech products experienced import growth of 28.7% during the first three quarters of the year, which effectively ensured the stability of industrial and supply chains for regional manufacturing.