Ordos delivered a solid performance in foreign trade in 2025, highlighting strong resilience and high-quality growth. The city's total imports and exports reached 12.09 billion yuan ($1.73 billion), up 6.2 percent year-on-year.

Exports stood at 9.22 billion yuan, up 2.5 percent, while imports surged 20.2 percent to 2.87 billion yuan, making the trade structure more balanced and providing sustained momentum for economic development.

As the core platform for opening-up, the Ordos Comprehensive Bonded Zone played an increasingly prominent role. In 2025, its total imports and exports hit 6.20 billion yuan, up 32.8 percent year-on-year, accounting for 51.3 percent of the city's total.

Private enterprises remained the main driver of foreign trade. Their combined imports and exports reached 10.27 billion yuan, a 13.3 percent increase, accounting for 85.0 percent of the city's total.

Trade models also saw diversified upgrading. General trade, the backbone of foreign trade, totaled 8.15 billion yuan, up 12.6 percent and accounting for 67.5 percent of the total. Processing trade recorded a sharp rise, with imports and exports reaching 1.92 billion yuan, up 1,804.8 percent, emerging as a new growth point.

In 2025, Ordos continued to expand its global trade network, maintaining economic and trade ties with 154 countries and regions. Emerging markets became new growth engines, with particularly rapid growth seen in trade with Russia and Chile.