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From January to February, Taicang's imports and exports reached 17.97 billion yuan ($2,81 billion), an increase of 13.9 percent year-on-year.

The city's trade volume to Germany reached 1.8 billion yuan, an increase of 9.4 percent, its trade volume to the European Union was 4.38 billion yuan, an increase of 35.7 percent, and its trade volume to the US was 1.53 billion yuan, an increase of 22 percent.