In the first three quarters of this year, cross-strait import and export trade volume increased by 30.3% year-on-year.

The latest statistics released by the General Administration of Customs on the 14th show that in the first nine months of this year, the import and export trade volume between the mainland and Taiwan increased by 30.3 percent year on year, while the import and export trade volume between the mainland and Hong Kong increased by 55.6 percent year on year. Data show that in the first nine months of this year, cross-strait trade volume was about 301.18 billion US dollars. Of this, the mainland imported about 216.28 billion US dollars from Taiwan, up 27.8 percent year on year, and exported about 84.9 billion US dollars to Taiwan, up 37.3 percent year on year. On a monthly basis, cross-strait trade volume in September was about 41.77 billion US dollars. Of this, the mainland imported about 29.84 billion US dollars from Taiwan and exported about 11.93 billion US dollars to Taiwan.