China News Service, Qingdao, December 8th (Reporter Hu Yaojie) Qingdao Customs announced on the 8th that according to statistics, in the first 11 months of 2021, Shandong’s imports and exports to major markets have achieved rapid growth, and it is important for countries along the “Belt and Road”. The growth rate of imports and exports in China and the region exceeded 40%.

  In the first 11 months, Shandong’s import and export value to countries and regions along the “Belt and Road” was 838.87 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of over 40%, accounting for over 30% of the province’s total import and export value, and the proportion increased by 1.5% ; The import and export value to other member countries of RCEP was 937.19 billion yuan, an increase of 35%, accounting for more than 30% of the total import and export value of Shandong Province.

  During the same period, Shandong’s imports and exports to the top six trade markets of ASEAN, the United States, the European Union, South Korea, Japan and Brazil were 383.35 billion yuan, 305.13 billion yuan, 261.28 billion yuan, 247.22 billion yuan, 168.17 billion yuan, and 150.48 billion yuan. In total, it accounts for nearly 60% of Shandong's total foreign trade import and export value.

  Zhang Jingzhou, Director of the Statistics and Analysis Office of Qingdao Customs, said that in the first 11 months of this year, the import and export of all major trade methods in Shandong have increased significantly, of which the proportion of bonded logistics has increased, accounting for 14.1% of the total import and export value of Shandong Province, and the proportion has increased by 2.6 Percentage points.

In addition, all kinds of enterprises in Shandong have maintained rapid growth. The import and export volume of private enterprises was 1.89 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 70%, and the import and export volume of foreign-invested enterprises was 538.75 billion yuan, an increase of more than 20%.

  In the first 11 months, Shandong's import and export volume was 2.66 trillion yuan, an increase of 34.6% over the same period last year.

Among them, the export value was 1.58 trillion yuan, an increase of 36.9%; the import value was 1.08 trillion yuan, an increase of 31.4%.

Shandong's import and export, export and import growth rates are all higher than the national average, and the three indicators rank first among the six major foreign trade provinces and cities in China.

  In addition, Shandong’s import and export volume in November was 277.32 billion yuan, an increase of over 20% year-on-year, of which exports were 175.08 billion yuan, an increase of 23.8% year-on-year. It is the fourth time in the year to set a new record high.

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