China News Service, September 11, according to the website of the Ministry of Commerce, the head of the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce said when talking about the operation of my country's foreign trade from January to August 2021, in RMB (the same below), imports and exports from January to August , The import value was 24.78, 13.56, 11.22 trillion yuan, a record high over the same period in history.

In August, the value of imports and exports, exports, and imports were respectively 3.43, 1.9, and 1.53 trillion yuan, setting a new monthly high.

The main features are as follows:

  First, the growth rate remains at a relatively high level.

From January to August, imports and exports continued their high growth momentum since the fourth quarter of last year.

From a year-on-year perspective, imports and exports, exports, and imports increased by 23.7%, 23.2%, and 24.4% respectively, the highest levels in the same period in the past decade.

From the two-year average growth rate, imports and exports, exports, and imports increased by 10.8%, 11.2%, and 10.3% respectively, maintaining double-digit growth.

  Second, the trade structure continued to be optimized and improved.

The cooperation with emerging markets has become closer, and the proportion of exports to emerging markets has increased by 1 percentage point to 49.8%, which has increased the overall export growth rate by 12.5 percentage points.

Exports continued to climb towards the high end of the value chain. Exports of electromechanical products increased by 23.8%, and their proportion increased by 0.3 percentage points to 58.8%.

Exports of mobile phones, computers, and automobiles increased by 9.2%, 12.7%, and 111.1% respectively.

The competitiveness of private entities continued to increase, and the export growth rate was 5.1 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate, and its share increased by 2.2 percentage points to 57.1%, which pushed up the overall export growth rate by 15.5 percentage points.

The capacity for independent trade development was improved. General trade exports increased by 26.3%, and its proportion increased by 1.5 percentage points to 61.2%.

  Third, the capacity for innovation and development of foreign trade has been gradually enhanced.

The Ministry of Commerce, in conjunction with all localities and departments, earnestly implemented the "Opinions on Accelerating the Development of New Business Forms and Models in Foreign Trade" to promote the integrated development of various business forms and the integration and linkage of foreign trade functions.

Various departments have introduced a total of nearly 200 reform measures to continue to unbind and empower new business forms and new models.

From January to June, cross-border e-commerce exports increased by 44.1%.

From January to July, the market procurement trade method exports increased by 41.6%.

There are more than 1,500 comprehensive foreign trade service companies, more than 1,900 overseas warehouses, with an area of ​​more than 13.5 million square meters, and about 130 bonded maintenance projects have been completed.

  Fourth, it has made outstanding contributions to the development of the national economy. Vigorously stimulate economic growth. In the first half of the year, the increase in exports accounted for 27.9% of the increase in GDP, a 10-year high. Actively expand imports, serve the domestic cycle, and effectively guarantee economic development, industrial transformation and consumption upgrades. Promote coordinated regional development. Gradient transfer of processing trade has achieved positive results. In the first half of the year, the proportion of processing trade exports in the central and western regions increased by 2.5 percentage points from the same period last year to 27%. A batch of processing trade industrial clusters such as computers, smartphones, and semiconductors developed in the central and western regions. The role of job stabilization is prominent. From January to August, 127,300 foreign trade operators were newly registered. New business formats such as cross-border e-commerce have driven a large number of small and micro entities to become new foreign trade operators, broadening social flexible employment channels. Contribute tax revenue. In the first 7 months, the import and export link tax revenue was 1.2 trillion yuan, accounting for 10.2% of the national tax revenue.