It was learned from Changsha Customs Chenzhou Office that in this January and February, the total foreign trade volume hit 2.21billion yuan, up 40.6%; if calculating by USD, the total volume was amounted to $360million, up 40.2%.

Following are four features for the increase of Chenzhou city’s foreign trade in these two months: first, the processing trade played a strong role on it that the total processing trade volume hit $230million yuan, up 62.3%; second, about 70% products covered with $140million yuan volume were exported to HK, up 81.5%, covering 69.7% of the total export value of Chenzhou city. The main export products were silver, golden products, integrated circuit, inductor and some other electronic parts and components; Third, Peru, Mexico and some other production areas of mineral resources were the key import areas for Chenzhou city. The main import products were silver concentrate and lead concentrate; and forth, the private enterprises also played a strong role on it that the total foreign trade volume hit $320million yuan with an increase of 49.1%, covering 88.2% of the total foreign volume of the total of Chenzhou city.