BEIJING, July 13 -- The total export value of China's three major tech-intensive green products -- solar batteries, lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles -- soared 61.6 percent year on year in the first half of 2023, customs data showed Thursday.

Together they contributed 1.8 percentage points to the overall export growth during the same period, according to the General Administration of Customs.

The country's total goods imports and exports expanded 2.1 percent year on year to 20.1 trillion yuan (about 2.8 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first half of the year, the data revealed.