THE city’s import and export volume reached US$71.263 billion last year, an increase of 27.2 percent over 2010.

    Among these, exports and imports were US$40.056 billion and US$31.207 billion respectively, increasing by 20.5 percent and 36.9 percent.

    The city’s exports increased steadily last year. Private companies contributed 40.8 percent of the exports volume and 28.8 percent were exported to new markets.

    Imports of private companies have already developed rapidly since last year.

(Wang Yuanyuan, Shen Junlin)