Xinjiang's foreign trade up 48.4 pct in H1

URUMQI, July 18 (Xinhua) -- In the first half of this year, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region saw its foreign trade volume surpass the 200 billion yuan mark two months earlier than last year, achieving a year-on-year growth of 48.4 percent.

From January to June, the region's imports and exports reached 220.63 billion yuan (about 30.95 billion U.S. dollars), setting a new record for the same peri