In the January-September period of the current year, finished steel exports from China's Hebei Province amounted to a total value of RMB 43.06 billion ($7.01 billion), up 44.9 percent year on year, according to the customs authorities in Hebei.
In the given period, Hebei Province's overall external trade value amounted to RMB 276.36 billion ($45.01 billion), up 8.6 percent, with a total export value of RMB 159.88 billion ($26.04 billion), rising by 11.5 percent, while total import value of RMB 116.47 billion ($18.97 billion), increasing by 4.9 percent, all on year-on-year basis.