The imports and exports of the Jinyi Comprehensive Free Trade Zone in Jinhua, East China's Zhejiang province, stood at 24.3 billion yuan ($3.33 billion) in the first three quarters of this year, a year-on-year increase of 11 percent, according to statistics from the General Administration of Customs.
The strong performance was largely due to the implementation of a raft of measures rolled out by authorities, including the release of supporting policies, upgrading of government services, and bolstering of businesses engaged in cross-border e-commerce, bulk commodities, cold chain logistics, and bonded processing.
Imports of bulk commodities in the zone were valued at 18 billion yuan from January to September, an uptick of 19 percent year-on-year. Major imports included electrolytic copper, pulp, and cotton yarn.
The zone has established cooperative ties with the city's East China International Intermodal Port to encourage countries including Russia and Central Asian countries to distribute their bulk commodities through the Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe freight trains.
