Customs statistics show that exports and imports via Tianjin reached 15.8 billion US dollars in the first half of this year, up 12 percent from the same period of the last year.
Imports totaled 7 billion US dollars, up 14.3 percent, and exports totaled 8.8 billion US dollars, up 10.4 percent, according to statistics.
Major import products included integrated circuits, polyethylene, soybean, crude oil, automobiles, color display and iron ore; major export products were coca cola, colar displays for computers?), video recorders, soft coal, aluminium ingots and silicon iron.
Tianjin's trade with its major partners maintained stable growth, including that with Japan (3.14 billion US dollars), the United States (2.73 billion US dollars), the Republic of Korea and Germany.
Customs statistics show that exports and imports via Tianjin reached 15.8 billion US dollars in the first half of this year, up 12 percent from the same period of the last year.