Shenzhen Qianhai Comprehensive Bonded Zone reported its total import and export value reached 96.25 billion yuan (US$14.27 billion) in the first half of this year (H1), up 48.1% year on year, higher than the average growth rate of Chinese comprehensive bonded zones in the same period, data from Qianhai Authority showed.
Among them, the value of cross-border e-commerce imports and exports supervised by the Qianhai bonded zone realized a 84.4% increase year on year to 64.23 billion yuan in H1.
In addition, Qianhai ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) industry cluster has attracted Alibaba Cloud, Huawei and Texas Instruments, among other leading enterprises to settle in the area.
From January to June this year, Shenzhen’s western port terminals handled 7.2 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) and operated 207 foreign trade shipping routes, nearly half of which connected with RCEP countries (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership).
In terms of international all-cargo routes by air, the airport opened 11 new ones in H1, and the number of destinations has risen to 35.
Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport handled 382,000 tons of import and export cargoes in H1, growing by 22.4% year on year, with the number of flights reaching 11,000, up 39% year on year. This means the Shenzhen airport achieved growth in both volume of cargoes and number of flights in H1.