In the first half of the year, Shandong Province's foreign trade imports and exports increased by 6.8% year-on-year.

According to customs statistics, in the first half of the year, the total value of import and export trade of goods in Shandong Province reached 1.73 trillion yuan, ranking fifth in the country, an increase of 6.8% year-on-year, which is 3.9 percentage points higher than the national average. Among them, exports were 1.05 trillion yuan, an increase of 6%; imports were 676.41 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1%.