URUMQI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- The imports and exports of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from January to April totaled 35.61 billion yuan (about 5.03 billion U.S. dollars), down 15.4 percent year-on-year.
Urumqi Customs said on Saturday that the figure was affected by the novel coronavirus epidemic. Although the region's exports declined by 32.9 percent to 21.23 billion yuan during the period, its imports increased to 14.38 billion yuan, a surge of 37.5 percent year-on-year.
Exported products from Xinjiang mainly included electrical products, clothing, shoes and agricultural products, while imported goods consisted of natural gas, metal ore and copper products.
Private enterprises played an important role in the region's foreign trade in the first four months, as the foreign trade of such companies accounted for 68 percent of Xinjiang's total foreign trade value.
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