Zhejiang's total value of foreign trade hits 1224.31 bln yuan in H1

Nepalese businessman Petesh Raghubanshi arranges his booth of handmade tapestries at the international commerce and trade market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 5, 2017. According to the latest figures of the Hangzhou Customs, Zhejiang's total value of foreign trade reached 1224.31 billion RMB yuan (181 U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2017, up 19.5 percent year on year, with the value of export standing at 928.14 yuan (137 billion dollars), growing by 13.9 percent, and that of import at 296.17 (44 billion dollars), increasing by 41.3 percent. [Photo/Xinhua]