China's Yangtze River Delta region's imports and exports exceed 16 trillion yen, a record high - Chinese report

According to statistics from Shanghai Customs, the scale of imports and exports in the Yangtze River Delta region in 2024 hit a record high. Customs data showed that the volume of imports and exports in the Yangtze River Delta region in 2024 increased by 5% year-on-year.
The total amount of exports and imports increased by 8.2% to 9.95 trillion former (approximately 214 trillion yen), accounting for 39.6% of the total amount of exports and imports in Japan.
Imports increased by 1.5% to 6.6 trillion former (approximately 130 trillion yen), accounting for 32.9% of the total imports in the country. By trading partner country, exports and imports with countries co-constructing the "One Belt, One Road" were 7.7 trillion
0 billion in formal inflows (approximately 165 trillion yen), accounting for 34.9% of the total. RCEP member countries accounted for 4.9 trillion in formal inflows (approximately 105 trillion yen), accounting for 34.6% of the total. BRICS countries accounted for 2.13 trillion in formal inflows (approximately 1.2 trillion yen), accounting for 2.2
In terms of export items, exports of machinery and electrical products were 5.96 trillion former (approximately 128 trillion yen), accounting for 60% of the total exports in the Yangtze River Delta region.
Of these, exports of ships increased by 57.7% year-on-year, while exports of high-end equipment increased by 61.7%. In the same year, the total value of imports and exports by private enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region increased by 8.2% year-on-year to 8.6 trillion yen.
This reached 90 billion former (approximately 186 trillion yen), accounting for 35.7% of the total imports and exports of private enterprises nationwide.