In the first three quarters of the year the foreign trade volume of Tianjin was up 11.7 percent year on year to hit 13.52 billion U.S. dollars.
Tianjin, a city neighboring Beijing, has exported more machinery and electronic equipment, high-tech products, and less primary products.
The export volume of machinery and electronic equipment reached 3.49 billion U.S. dollars, making up almost half of the total exports.
The foreign-funded enterprises in Tianjin exported goods worth 5.21 billion U.S. dollars, up 23.5 percent, occupying 74.2 percent of the city's total exports.