According to customs statistics, from January to May, the total foreign trade imports and exports of Bazhong, Sichuan province, reached 319 million yuan ($47.5 million), a year-on-year increase of 64.4%.
The growth rate ranked 8th in the province, up 3 places from the previous month. It was also 56.1 and 48 percent higher than the national (8.3%) and the provincial (16.4%) totals respectively.