Trade volume between Zhejiang and BRI countries grows

A businessman from Bangladesh talks about business on the phone at the Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, a city famous for selling small goods in East China's Zhejiang province Sept 13, 2018. [Photo by Tan Jin/Xinhua]

Figures released by the Hangzhou Customs showed that the trade volume between Zhejiang and countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2018 stood at 896.66 billion yuan ($132.3 billion), growing by 12.3 percent year on year, accounting for 31.4 percent of the province's total foreign trade volume and 10.7 percent of China's trade with BRI countries.

Afghan businessmen bargain with the toy vendor at the Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, a city famous for selling small goods in East China's Zhejiang province Sept 13, 2018. [Photo by Tan Jin/Xinhua]

Towel vendor Xu Yanling (C) shows a bath towel to Indian purchasers at the Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang province Sept 13, 2018. [Photo by Tan Jin/Xinhua]

People from Pakistan select flower pots at the Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, Zhejiang province Sept 13, 2018. [Photo by Tan Jin/Xinhua]

Indian businessmen try out an electronic board at the Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang province Sept 13, 2018. [Photo by Tan Jin/Xinhua]

Yemenis select handicrafts at the Yiwu International Trade City in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang province Sept 13, 2018. [Photo by Tan Jin/Xinhua]