In the first five months of this year, Taicang achieved a total of 48.08 billion yuan ($6.70 billion) in foreign trade, marking a year-on-year rise of 2.9 percent.

From January to May, the city's exports of self-owned brands reached 8.13 billion yuan, surging 25.2 percent. This growth rate was 14.2 percent higher than the overall export growth rate, accounting for 27.7 percent of the city's total exports, an increase of 3.1 percent compared to the same period in 2024.

In the January-May period, the city's trade with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative reached 22.53 billion yuan, up by 5.9 percent. This growth contributed 2.7 percent to the overall growth rate of the city's imports and exports.

Behind the going-global endeavors of enterprises lies precise policy support and continuous optimization of the business environment.

This year, Taicang has optimized customs clearance services, deepened customs-enterprise interactions, and strengthened credit cultivation, all of which help enterprises efficiently expand overseas. It has also formulated an array of service measures to promote the high-quality integrated development of the port, industry, and city, further consolidating its role as the largest foreign trade port in the Yangtze River Delta region.

Containers pile up at the illuminated Taicang Port. [Photo/WeChat account: tcfbgw]