Tentative deals totaling 73.5 bln USD signed at 5th import expo

A 370-kilogram bluefin tuna is on display at the food and agricultural products exhibition area of the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

SHANGHAI, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- The fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE) concluded in Shanghai Thursday, with a total of 73.5 billion U.S. dollars worth of tentative deals reached for one-year purchases of goods and services.

The figure represented an increase of 3.9 percent from that of last year, Sun Chenghai, deputy director of the CIIE Bureau, told a press conference.