China News Service, September 7 According to the website of the General Administration of Customs, according to customs statistics, in the first eight months of this year, my country’s total import and export value was RMB 24.78 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 23.7% and a year-on-year increase of 22.8%.

Among them, private enterprises have the fastest growth rate and increased proportion of import and export.

Data map: Photo by Ye Bingyan at Nansha Automobile Port, Guangzhou Port

　　Statistics show that in the first eight months of this year, my country’s total import and export value was RMB 24.78 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 23.7% and a year-on-year increase of 22.8%.

Among them, exports were 13.56 trillion yuan, an increase of 23.2% year-on-year and 23.8% year-on-year; imports were 11.22 trillion yuan, an increase of 24.4% year-on-year, and an increase of 21.8% year-on-year; the trade surplus was 2.34 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.8 year-on-year %.

In dollar terms, my country’s total import and export value in the first eight months of this year was US$3.83 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 34.2% and a year-on-year increase of 29.3%.

Among them, exports were US$2.1 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 33.7%, and a year-on-year increase of 30.3%; imports were US$1.73 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 34.8%, and a year-on-year increase of 28.1%; a trade surplus of US$362.49 billion, a year-on-year increase of 28.9% .

　　In August, my country's total import and export value was 3.43 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.9%, a month-on-month increase of 5%, and a year-on-year increase of 26.1%.

Among them, exports were 1.9 trillion yuan, up 15.7% year-on-year, 4.9% month-on-month, and 28.6% year-on-year; imports were 1.53 trillion yuan, up 23.1% year-on-year, 5.1% month-on-month, and 23.1% year-on-year; The trade surplus was 376.31 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.8%.

In US dollar terms, my country’s total import and export value in August was 530.3 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 28.8%, a month-on-month increase of 4.2%, and a year-on-year increase of 34.2%.

Among them, exports were US$294.32 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25.6%, a month-on-month increase of 4.1%, and an increase of 37% over the same period in 2019; imports were US$235.98 billion, a year-on-year increase of 33.1%, a month-on-month increase of 4.3%, and an increase of 31% over the same period in 2019; trade surplus 58.34 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 2.2% year-on-year.

General trade imports and exports increased and the proportion increased.

In the first eight months, my country's general trade import and export was 15.36 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.9% year-on-year (the same below), accounting for 62% of China's total foreign trade value, an increase of 1.6 percentage points over the same period last year.

Among them, exports were 8.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 26.3%; imports were 7.06 trillion yuan, an increase of 27.7%.

In the same period, the import and export of processing trade was 5.29 trillion yuan, an increase of 13%, accounting for 21.3%, and a decrease of 2 percentage points.

Among them, exports were 3.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.9%; imports were 1.99 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.6%.

　　In addition, my country's imports and exports through bonded logistics were 3.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 28.4%.

Among them, exports were 1.11 trillion yuan, an increase of 37.7%; imports were 1.96 trillion yuan, an increase of 23.6%.

Imports and exports to major trading partners such as ASEAN, the European Union and the United States all increased.

In the first eight months, ASEAN was China’s largest trading partner. The total trade value between China and ASEAN was 3.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.8%, accounting for 14.5% of China’s total foreign trade value.

Among them, exports to ASEAN were 1.98 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.3%; imports from ASEAN were 1.61 trillion yuan, an increase of 24.8%; the trade surplus with ASEAN was 366.02 billion yuan, an increase of 8%.

The EU is China's second largest trading partner, with a total trade value of 3.42 trillion yuan with the EU, an increase of 22.1%, accounting for 13.8%.

Among them, exports to the EU were 2.09 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.9%; imports from the EU were 1.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.3%; the trade surplus with the EU was 751.96 billion yuan, an increase of 21.2%.

The United States is China's third largest trading partner. The total value of Sino-US trade is 3.05 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.8%, accounting for 12.3%.

Among them, exports to the United States were 2.29 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.7%; imports from the United States were 752.42 billion yuan, an increase of 36.5%; the trade surplus with the United States was 1.54 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.9%.

Japan is China's fourth largest trading partner. The total trade value between China and Japan is 1.57 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.3%, accounting for 6.3%.

Among them, the export to Japan was 694.92 billion yuan, an increase of 8.9%; the import from Japan was 877.17 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2%; the trade deficit with Japan was 182.25 billion yuan, an increase of 47.8%.

　　During the same period, my country’s total imports and exports to countries along the “Belt and Road” was 7.29 trillion yuan, an increase of 24.6%.

Among them, exports were 4.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 23.5%; imports were 3.17 trillion yuan, an increase of 26%.

The import and export growth rate of private enterprises is the fastest and the proportion is increasing.

In the first eight months, the import and export of private enterprises was 11.92 trillion yuan, an increase of 29.9%, accounting for 48.1% of our total foreign trade value, an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the same period last year.

Among them, exports were 7.75 trillion yuan, an increase of 28.3%, and accounted for 57.1% of the total export value; imports were 4.17 trillion yuan, an increase of 33%, and accounted for 37.2% of the total import value.

In the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 8.96 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.8%, accounting for 36.2% of China's total foreign trade value.

Among them, exports were 4.67 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.6%; imports were 4.29 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.9%.

　　In addition, the import and export of state-owned enterprises was 3.81 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.2%, accounting for 15.4% of our total foreign trade value.

Among them, exports were 1.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.2%; imports were 2.69 trillion yuan, an increase of 28.4%.

Exports of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products both increased.

In the first eight months, my country exported 7.98 trillion yuan in mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 23.8%, accounting for 58.8% of the total export value.

Among them, automatic data processing equipment and its parts were 1.02 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.7%; mobile phones were 533.17 billion yuan, an increase of 9.2%; automobiles (including chassis) were 137.7 billion yuan, an increase of 111.1%.

In the same period, the export of labor-intensive products was 2.46 trillion yuan, an increase of 10%, accounting for 18.2%.

Among them, clothing and clothing accessories were 684.09 billion yuan, an increase of 17.9%; textiles including masks were 60.83 billion yuan, a decrease of 18.4%; plastic products were 402.66 billion yuan, an increase of 24.6%.

The export of agricultural products was 337.15 billion yuan, an increase of 0.4%.

　　In addition, exports of steel products were 48.104 million tons, an increase of 31.6%; refined oil products were 44.811 million tons, an increase of 8.7%; fertilizers were 22.78 million tons, an increase of 33.4%.

The import volume of iron ore, crude oil, coal and other commodities decreased and the price rose, the import volume of natural gas increased and the price fell, and the import volume and price of soybeans rose.

In the first eight months, China imported 746 million tons of iron ore, a decrease of 1.7%, and the average import price was 1153.7 yuan per ton, an increase of 71.2%; crude oil was 346 million tons, a decrease of 5.7%, and the average import price was 3036.3 yuan per ton, an increase of 30.7%. 198 million tons of coal, a decrease of 10.3%, an average import price of 560.7 yuan per ton, an increase of 13.4%; an average import price of 79.306 million tons of natural gas, an increase of 22.2%, an average import price of 2401.7 yuan per ton, a decrease of 1.7%; 679.9 million tons of soybeans, an increase of 3.6 %, the average import price was 3474.2 yuan per ton, an increase of 27.8%; the primary form of plastic was 22.898 million tons, a decrease of 12.7%, and the average import price was 11,300 yuan per ton, an increase of 29.2%; The average price per ton was 3813.1 yuan, an increase of 31.1%; steel 9.46 million tons, a decrease of 22.4%, the average import price was 8084.8 yuan per ton, an increase of 36.7%; unwrought copper and copper materials were 3.613 million tons, a decrease of 15.4%, and the average import price 60,000 yuan per ton, an increase of 38.8%.

　　In the same period, imports of mechanical and electrical products reached 4.75 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.7%.

Among them, integrated circuits were 424.05 billion, an increase of 27.2%, valued at 1.76 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.5%; automobiles (including chassis) were 675,000, an increase of 31.2%, worth 239.02 billion yuan, an increase of 38.6%.