On February 24th,thegood news from the Customswasthat the exports of Xiling District in January reached 24,063,100 dollars, an increase of 97.83% year on year, which realized “an auspicious start” on the exports in the first month.

　　Ship export is the main force of the exports in the district. In January, the export of ship and ship productinthis district reached 17,079,100 dollars, which accounted for 71% of all exports. Among them, Yichang Damen Shipyard Co., Ltd.maintained a bettergrowthand its exports of an oil barge, which was exported to Russia, valued 15.36 million dollars. In addition, the year-on-year export growth of Shenfa Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. was 22% and some traditional export enterprises, such as Greapoint, Chuangxinsiyuan Company and so on, achieved growth by a large margin.(Reporter: Zou Yuan; Correspondent: Hao Xiaoyan)