In the first quarter of 2026, the total import and export value of Xinjiang's foreign trade reached 111.68 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%, setting a new historical high for the same period since breaking through 100 billion yuan for the first time in the first quarter of 2025.

The foreign trade performance of prefecture level cities is impressive, with the import and export value of Yili and Kashgar increasing by 27.7% and 0.9% respectively year-on-year, and Changji and Tacheng making outstanding contributions. Diversified trade methods are being utilized, with general trade accounting for 55.6% and processing trade surging by 428.1% year-on-year. Keywords: foreign trade, Xinjiang

2665 enterprises with import and export records increased by 17.9% year-on-year, with private enterprises accounting for 93.4% and foreign-invested enterprises growing at a rate of 323%. The trade market focuses on Central Asia and ASEAN. The proportion of imports and exports to countries jointly building the the Belt and Road accounted for 87.8%. The structure of commodity imports and exports continued to be optimized. (This article is from www.seetao.com, the official website of Daodao, and cannot be reproduced without permission. Otherwise, it will be prosecuted. Please note that if reproduced, please refer to Daodao+the original link) See the the Belt and Road column of Daodao Editor/Wu Zhiqiang