China News Service, July 13th. Li Kuiwen, a spokesperson for the General Administration of Customs and Director of the Statistical Analysis Department, said on the 13th that the total value of bilateral trade in goods between China and the United States was 2.21 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 34.6%.

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  On the 13th, the State Information Office held a press conference on the import and export situation in the first half of 2021.

At the meeting, a reporter asked if he could introduce the latest specific situation of Sino-US trade and the current progress of procurement from the US under the first phase of the economic and trade agreement?

Previous studies have shown that the completion rate of the first phase of the economic and trade agreement in the first five months of this year is less than 70%. Are there any relevant arrangements to promote the completion of the agreement’s procurement goals?

  Li Kuiwen said that in the first half of the year, the total value of Sino-US bilateral trade in goods was 2.21 trillion yuan, an increase of 34.6% year-on-year.

Exports to the United States were 1.64 trillion yuan, an increase of 31.7%. Among them, the export of mechanical and electrical products was 1.01 trillion yuan, an increase of 34.2%, and the export of labor-intensive products was 372.2 billion yuan, an increase of 24.1%.

In terms of specific products, computers, mobile phones, home appliances, clothing, plastic products, and furniture all maintained growth.

  Li Kuiwen introduced that my country imported 570.65 billion yuan from the United States, an increase of 43.9%.

Among them, the import of mechanical and electrical products was 238.86 billion yuan, an increase of 13.4%; the import of agricultural products was 136.01 billion yuan, an increase of 120.8%.

  "As for issues such as the implementation of the first phase of the Sino-US economic and trade agreement, the relevant departments have already expressed their views, and I have no more information at present." Li Kuiwen said.