Horgos Port in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw a rise in imports and exports in the first quarter of this year, local authorities said.
From January to March, imports and exports at this land port bordering Kazakhstan reached 8.65 million tonnes, an increase of 17.1 percent compared with the same period last year, mainly driven by imports, according to the Horgos Customs.
The trade volume hit 26.8 billion yuan (around 4 billion U.S. dollars), up 32.24 percent year on year.
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