Guangxi’s foreign trade with ASEAN nearly doubled in the first two months of this year

　　China News Service, Nanning, March 16 (Huang Lingyan and Yang Hongfei) Nanning Customs introduced on the 16th that in the first two months of 2021, Guangxi's foreign trade import and export amounted to 85.88 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 68.8%, which was 36.6 higher than the national increase. percentage point.

ASEAN continues to occupy the position of Guangxi's largest trading partner. In the first two months, Guangxi's import and export to ASEAN was 44.57 billion yuan, an increase of 98.2%.

　　From the perspective of commodity structure, due to the impact of the new crown epidemic, the export of household appliances, medical instruments and equipment at Guangxi Port increased rapidly in the first two months, increasing by 299.1% and 48.6% respectively.

The export of textiles, including masks, was 3.26 billion yuan, an increase of 161.8%.

From the perspective of trade methods, border trade and bonded logistics have doubled.

　　The land border between Guangxi and Vietnam is more than 1,000 kilometers long.

Affected by the epidemic in the same period last year, Guangxi's border trade zone (spot) was closed for 33 days. In February, the borderless trade trade zone (point) was closed for import and export.

As Vietnam's production and consumption boom continues to pick up, Guangxi will implement a special action of 10 billion yuan in border trade by the end of 2020. Customs and other departments have added common commodity varieties, launched "inspection groups" and "one certificate, multiple orders" functions and other measures. Promote the rapid growth of Guangxi border trade.

In addition, during the Spring Festival this year, the employees of most production-oriented enterprises in Guangxi "Chinese New Year on the spot" to maintain the import demand for bulk raw materials.

　　Nanning Customs stated that Guangxi’s foreign trade in the first two months of last year was at its lowest point since 2018. The base factor is one of the reasons for the rapid growth of Guangxi’s foreign trade in the first two months of this year. However, compared with the normal years before the epidemic, foreign trade is still obvious improvement.

As the international economic recovery drives strong external demand, Guangxi's foreign trade development will remain stable and improve quality.

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