According to statistics from the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, in the first three quarters of this year, the import and export of 9 cities in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area reached 6.77 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.1% compared to the same period last year, accounting for 20.1% of the country's total foreign trade value. Among them, exports amounted to 4.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.6%; Imports amounted to 2.44 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.9%. Foreign trade has reached a historic high. In the first three quarters of this year, the import and export scale of 9 mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area increased quarter by quarter, achieving nine consecutive quarters of year-on-year positive growth. In the third quarter, imports and exports reached 2.39 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.9%, setting a new historical high in the import and export scale of the Greater Bay Area in the past five years. Accelerate the export of high-tech related products. In the first three quarters, 9 cities in the Greater Bay Area exported 3 trillion yuan worth of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 7.2%, accounting for 69.5% of the total exports during the same period, driving an overall export growth of 4.7 percentage points. The import of manufacturing products has grown rapidly, and the demand for imported consumer goods is strong. In the first three quarters, 9 cities in the Greater Bay Area imported mechanical and electrical products worth 1.76 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.2%, accounting for 72.3% of the total imports during the same period, driving an overall import growth of 9.8 percentage points. (New Society)