At present, the frontier trade in progress mainly includes petty-sum trade, reciprocal trade between frontier people and tour trade.
1. Petty-sum frontier trade: Such a trade refers to the trade activities waged by the enterprises with the operation right of frontier petty-sum trade authorized through the state-designated land ports in frontier region with the enterprises or trade institutions in the neighboring countries. In order to switch to international track, the frontier petty-sum trade is always subject to standardized and normalized management. The trade has come to be a most common manner in Xinjiang??s frontier trade and an import force to boost the economic development in frontier region.
2. Reciprocal trade between frontier people: It refers to an activity of commodity exchange at the open spots or particular markets authorized by the government in the border region within the range of 20 kilometers, whose sum is limited to a certain scope or quantity. The trade is an important component in Xinjiang??s frontier trade.
3. Tour trade. Xinjiang??s tour trade started in early 1990s, which emerged as the former Soviet Union collapsed and C.I.S member states met with ?? deficiency in economy??. In recent years, Xinjiang??s tour trade has evolved into commercial trade behavior from simple purchase of personal necessities for entry tourists. The export volume in tour has grown year by year, variety and quality of commodities have also continually increased and raised and wholesales markets of tour trade and exported commodities for C.I.S visitors have been shape in all parts of Xinjiang, playing an active role in promoting Xinjiang??s economic growth and expanding export earnings.