In the first half of the year, Zhejiang's import and export volume increased by 8.6% year-on-year.

According to statistics from Hangzhou Customs, in the first half of the year, Zhejiang Province's import and export volume reached 2.97 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%. Among them, exports were 2.26 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.2%; imports were 703.16 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7%. The province's import and export volumes, exports, and imports accounted for 11.7%, 15.4%, and 6.5% of the national totals, respectively. The export structure is accelerating its iteration, with an increase in the share of independent brands. In the first half of the year, high-tech product exports reached 209.66 billion yuan, a growth of 22.5%, making up 9.3% of the province's total exports. The exports of ships and marine engineering equipment and new materials increased by 27.9% and 86.3%, respectively; the export of smart bionic robots was 430 million yuan, accounting for 60.2% of the national exports of similar products. The export of "new three items" amounted to 94.97 billion yuan, an increase of 57.7%, contributing 18.2% to the overall export growth of the province, with exports of electric vehicles and lithium batteries both increasing by 1.1 times. During the same period, the export of independent brand products in the province grew by 22.8%, accounting for 17.5%.