Northeast China's Liaoning province generated $15.98 billion in foreign trade in the first four months of this year, a rise of 19.71 percent over the year-earlier level, according to the local customs house.
The province exported $2.11 billion worth of goods to the European Union, up 36.63 percent year-on-year. The growth rate was eight percentage points higher than the month-earlier level.
Its exports to Japan went up 25.73 percent year-on-year, and its exports to the Republic of Korea up 14.81 percent.
