Foreign trade in the coastal city of Xiamen, East China's Fujian province increased 6.4 percent year-on-year to 435.76 billion yuan ($64.54 billion) in the Jan-Aug period.

The value of foreign trade in the first seven months in Xiamen expanded to 370 billion yuan ($53.46 billion).

Xiamen's foreign trade volume surged 3.9 percent to 308.18 billion yuan ($44.22 billion) in the first half of this year.

Xiamen saw its foreign trade volume exceed 90 billion yuan ($12.67 billion) in the first two months of this year.

Xiamen in East China's Fujian province recorded 641.3 billion yuan ($92.34 billion) in imports and exports trade in 2019.

In 2018, total import and export volume amounted to 600.53 billion yuan ($85.49 billion), a 3.3 percent increase year-on-yea.

Exports from Xiamen to countries along the Maritime Silk Road grew rapidly in 2015 after benefitting from China's Belt and Road Initiative.

Organizers of the China International Fair for Investment & Trade received guests from China's Commerce Ministry in Xiamen, Fujian province on Jan 20.

Development of service outsourcing business is one of Xiamen's priorities.