China News Service, October 13th. At a press conference held by the State Information Office on the 13th, Li Kuiwen, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs and Director of the Statistics and Analysis Department, introduced that according to customs statistics, the total The value is 23.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.7% over the same period last year.

Data map: container terminal.

China News Agency reporter Chen Wenshe

　　Li Kuiwen pointed out that since the beginning of this year, in the face of the severe impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, my country has intensified its macro-policy response, solidly performed the "six stability" work, fully implemented the "six guarantees" task, and achieved significant results in overall planning of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development As a result, the effect of stabilizing foreign trade policies continued to show up, and imports and exports were significantly better than expected.

According to customs statistics, in the first three quarters, the total value of my country's imports and exports of goods trade was 23.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.7% over the same period last year; among them, exports were 12.71 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.8%; imports were 10.41 trillion yuan, a decrease of 0.6%.

Specifically, it has the following six characteristics:

　　First, foreign trade imports and exports stabilized quarter by quarter, and the cumulative growth rate turned negative to positive.

In the first and second quarters of this year, my country’s import and export growth rates were -6.5% and -0.2% respectively. In the third quarter, my country’s imports and exports were 8.88 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.5% year-on-year, of which exports were 5 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.2%, and imports were 38,800 yuan. Billion yuan, an increase of 4.3%.

The total value of imports and exports, total exports, and total imports in the third quarter all hit a quarterly record high.

In the first eight months, cumulative exports achieved positive growth, and cumulative imports and exports achieved positive growth in the first three quarters.

　　Second, the import and export of private enterprises have increased significantly, and the role of foreign trade "stabilizer" has become more prominent.

In the first three quarters, the import and export of my country's private enterprises was 10.66 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.2%, accounting for 46.1% of my country's total foreign trade value, an increase of 4% over the same period last year.

Among them, exports were 7.02 trillion yuan, an increase of 10%, accounting for 55.2% of the total export value; imports were 3.64 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.5%, accounting for 35% of the total import value.

The import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 8.91 trillion yuan, accounting for 38.5%.

State-owned enterprises import and export 3.46 trillion yuan, accounting for 15%.

　　The third is to maintain growth in imports and exports with major trading partners. ASEAN is my country's largest trading partner.

In the first three quarters, imports and exports to ASEAN, the EU, the United States, Japan, and South Korea were 3.38 trillion yuan, 3.23 trillion yuan, 2.82 trillion yuan, 1.61 trillion yuan, and 1.45 trillion yuan, respectively, an increase of 7.7% and 2.9%. , 2%, 1.4%, 1.1%, among which ASEAN is my country’s largest trading partner, accounting for 14.6% of my country’s total foreign trade value.

In addition, my country’s imports and exports to countries along the “Belt and Road” were 6.75 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.5%.

　　Fourth, general trade imports and exports have grown, and the structure of trade methods has been further optimized.

In the first three quarters, my country's general trade import and export was 13.92 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.1%, accounting for 60.2% of my country's total foreign trade value, an increase of 0.8 percentage points over the same period last year.

Among them, exports were 7.57 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.8%; imports were 6.35 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.1%.

In the same period, the import and export of processing trade was 5.39 trillion yuan, down 6.4%.

　　Fifth, the export growth rate of mechanical and electrical products has turned from negative to positive, and the export of epidemic prevention materials has grown rapidly.

In the first three quarters, my country’s exports of mechanical and electrical products were 7.46 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.2%, and the growth rate was 5.5 percentage points higher than the first half, accounting for 58.7% of the total export value. Among them, the change in lifestyles caused by the epidemic drove the export of notebook computers and home appliances. Increased by 17.6% and 17.3%.

At the same time, exports of seven categories of labor-intensive products such as textiles and garments were 2.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4%, accounting for 20.4%, of which textile exports including masks were 828.78 billion yuan, an increase of 37.5%.

In addition, exports of medical materials and medicines, medical instruments and equipment increased by 21.8% and 48.2% respectively.

　　Sixth, imports of major commodities and key agricultural products have increased.

In the first three quarters, my country imported 868 million tons of iron ore, an increase of 10.8%; imported crude oil was 416 million tons, an increase of 12.7%; imported coal was 239 million tons, a decrease of 4.4%; imported natural gas was 73.731 million tons, an increase of 3.7%.

In the same period, imports of soybeans and meat increased rapidly. Among them, 74.529 million tons of soybeans were imported, an increase of 15.5%; pork imports were 3.286 million tons, an increase of 132.2%; and beef imports were 1.572 million tons, an increase of 38.8%.

　　Li Kuiwen pointed out that at present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still spreading globally, the world economy is severely recessed, the international environment is becoming increasingly severe and complex, and uncertainties and instabilities have increased significantly.

The Customs will take advantage of the trend, gather efforts to "six stability" and "six guarantees", adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to the new development concept, further promote trade facilitation, cultivate new momentum for foreign trade, promote the innovative development of foreign trade, and promote construction The new development pattern will make greater contributions to the customs to complete the annual economic and social development goals and tasks.