Zhongxin News Agency Lhasa, December 21 – (by Xu Changan) the international financial crisis and so on multiple factor influences, the parties concerned was estimated that in 2009 Tibet Autonomous Region’s foreign trade volume will drop. But what on the contrary is, the frontier volume trade growth is actually rapid, and becomes a Tibet foreign trade new point of economic growth.

According to the Tibet Autonomous Region Commerce Office statistics, this year January to October, slides the international financial crisis and national foreign trade the environment the influence, the Tibet foreign trade volume achieves 313 million US dollars, drops 20.59% compared to the same period.

But previous in 2008, the Tibet foreign trade volume amounts to 765 million US dollars, grows 94.5% compared to 2007, this speed in the national foreign trade is affected the international financial crisis under the same time background which slides largely, is situated various national provinces city first.

When the Tibet Autonomous Region Commerce Office department chief horse the village accepts the interview said that the financial crisis has the hysteresis quality to the effect of Tibet economy, although the Tibet foreign trade grew last year substantially, but started to feel the financial crisis this year on the Tibet foreign trade effect.

What drops with the foreign trade forms the sharp contrast is, frontier volume trade growth of Tibet is actually rapid. Malaysia the village said that in the first 10 months of this year, the frontier volume trade has occupied the Tibet foreign trade volume 32%, become the Tibet foreign trade an extremely important component, is in a Tibet foreign trade new point of economic growth.

The official said that the development of frontier volume trade promoted the Tibet animal husbandry structure adjustment, promoted the specialty economy development, activated the farmland and pasture market, increased the herdsman income.

Tibet Autonomous Region Commerce Office also indicated that in the future the expansion of foreign trade, will increase production, herdsman to additionally receive the service for the animal husbandry diligently.

The official definite foreign trade policy is, the key development frontier trade, expands unceasingly from producing the products outlet and proper attention to both general trade, enlarges trims the progress, active traditional border trade market.

For the impetus foreign trade, Tibet Autonomous Region determined that must argue vigorously the port and border trade market construction enters the new stage, side impels to be popular prosperous common people strategic implementation.

Commercial Office indicated that in recent years, Tibet constantly strengthens the port and border trade market constructs, according to autonomous region definite regarding establishing South Asian land route trade big channel general goals, construct with proper priority constructs the Kirong port, the promotion camphor wood port, actively restores the East Asia port with steady steps, gradually developed Burang and date room port the general idea, sped up to advance the South Asian land route trade big channel construction, fully started the port plan establishment work. Continually consummates camphor wood port infrastructural facilities, the optimized entry environment; Speeds up to advance Kirong port transportation, energy, correspondence and other infrastructural facilities. (End)
(This article originates: China News)