According to Zhongshan Customs, from January to October this year, the foreign trade value of Zhongshan reached 25.52 billion US dollars, 28.6% higher than that of the same period last year. The value is higher than that of the whole year of 2009 by 1. 05 billion US dollars. However, there is a change from the fast increase to slow increase. It is estimated that November and December will witness the still slow increase in foreign trade.