In the first quarter of this year, Shanghai's import and export decreased by 2.7% year-on-year, and exports increased by 12.6%.

Shanghai Customs announced on the 25th that in the first quarter of this year, the total value of imports and exports of Shanghai was 1.01 trillion yuan, a decrease of 2.7% compared to the same period last year. Among them, exports were 462.24 billion yuan, an increase of 12.6% year-on-year, with double-digit growth in exports each month. In the first quarter, the export of major industrial metals and materials in Shanghai grew rapidly. Among them, steel exports were 15.85 billion yuan, a significant increase of 143.7% year-on-year; copper materials and aluminum materials were respectively exported at 3.5 billion yuan and 3.37 billion yuan, increasing by 105.4% and 14.9% respectively compared to the same period last year.