China's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports reached 1.88 trillion yen in January-September, up 11.5% from a year earlier - Chinese media

According to data recently released by the General Administration of Customs of China, China's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports from January to September this year totaled 1.88 trillion former (approximately 39.6 trillion yen), an increase of 11.5% over the same period last year.
Of this, exports increased by 15.2% to 1.48 trillion former (approximately 31.2 trillion yen), while imports decreased by 0.4% to 399.16 billion former (approximately 8.4 trillion yen).
A spokesperson for the General Administration of Customs said, "In recent years, customs has fully supported the development of new business formats such as cross-border e-commerce."
The Chinese customs authorities have been actively working on the requirements for related work. Strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights in the cross-border e-commerce field,
We are supporting the high-quality development of cross-border e-commerce by promoting cooperation with cross-border e-commerce platforms.
In the first half of this year, China's cross-border e-commerce imports and exports amounted to 1.25 trillion former (approximately 26.2 trillion yen)
), the highest figure ever recorded for the period.