China News Service reported from Tianjin on 20 October 2026 that, according to Tianjin Customs, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region's foreign trade reached 4 trillion yuan in the first three quarters of the year, up 14% year on year and a record for the period. Exports were 1.22 trillion yuan, up 14.2%, and imports were 2.78 trillion yuan, up 13.9%. In September alone the region's trade was 488.8 billion yuan, up 9.2% and the highest monthly figure on record.
By trade mode, general trade was 2.92 trillion yuan, up 7.9% and 72.9% of the total. Bonded logistics trade grew 51.9% to 542.27 billion yuan, or 13.5% of the total, overtaking processing trade as the second largest trade mode.
Private companies' trade rose 21.6% to 1.12 trillion yuan, passing 1 trillion yuan for the first time in the period. State-owned enterprises' trade grew 15.9% to 2.15 trillion yuan.
The EU and ASEAN were the region's two largest trading partners, trade with Latin America and Africa grew by double digits, and Belt and Road partner countries accounted for more than half of the total.
Mechanical and electrical exports reached 715.51 billion yuan, up 17.6% and 58.4% of the region's exports. Exports of automobiles, electronic components and electrical equipment grew 39.9%, 58.5% and 55.1% respectively. On the import side, imports of semiconductor and integrated circuit manufacturing equipment rose 133.6%.