China News Agency, Beijing, January 18. Recently, many places in China have released data on import and export volume in 2021.

Data show that many places have maintained growth in major trading partners.

  In 2021, the total import and export value of goods trade in Hubei Province will be 537.44 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 24.8% over the same period last year and a 36.2% increase over the same period in 2019. The scale of imports and exports will exceed 530 billion yuan, a record high.

The Hubei provincial government recently introduced the province's foreign trade import and export situation.

  ASEAN, the United States, and the European Union are Hubei's top three trading partners. Hubei's imports and exports to the above trading partners were 74.37 billion yuan, 72.16 billion yuan and 69.45 billion yuan, up 34.1%, 26.1% and 16.6% respectively.

In addition, economic and trade cooperation with emerging markets continued to deepen, and imports and exports to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa increased by 64.5% and 38.2% respectively.

  The data shows that in 2021, Hubei Province will have 7,278 enterprises with actual import and export performance, including 6,361 private enterprises, accounting for 87.4% of the total number of enterprises.

The import and export of private enterprises was 325.51 billion yuan, accounting for 60.6% of the province's total foreign trade value.

  According to the information released at the Fifth Session of the Thirteenth People's Congress of Anhui Province, in 2021, the China (Anhui) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as the Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone) is expected to achieve a total import and export volume of about 150 billion yuan. The foreign capital has exceeded 2 billion US dollars.

The province's open economy development level has been further improved, and imports and exports to countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" have increased by 45.9%.

Foreign direct investment increased by more than 20%.

  In 2021, the province's total import and export volume will be US$107.1 billion, an increase of 36.1%.

It is estimated that the actual use of foreign capital for the whole year is 19 billion US dollars, an increase of 3.8%.

The province newly established 385 foreign-funded enterprises, an increase of 14.2%, and introduced 4 Fortune 500 companies. A total of 89 foreign Fortune 500 companies have invested and established 170 companies in Anhui.

  Ningbo Customs released the foreign trade data of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on the 18th. In 2021, the city's total import and export volume will reach 1.19 trillion yuan, breaking the trillion yuan mark for the first time.

In 2021, Ningbo's imports and exports to other RCEP member countries will be 312.34 billion yuan, an increase of 15.8% over the previous year, accounting for 26.2% of Ningbo's total import and export value during the same period.

  "In 2021, our company's export business volume will increase significantly. Among them, the RCEP market will be 33 million US dollars, accounting for 13%, and the growth rate will be 26.69%." The relevant person in charge of Ningbo Youngor International Trade and Transportation Co., Ltd. said that with the implementation of the RCEP policy , the cost of its main export products can be reduced by 8% to 10%.

  Miao Zhenguo, a first-level inspector of Qingdao Customs, revealed on the 17th that in 2021, Shandong Province's imports and exports to other RCEP member countries will maintain growth.

Among them, the import and export value of the province to South Korea, Japan and Malaysia were 269.55 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), 182.15 billion yuan and 147.31 billion yuan respectively, up 29.7%, 16.5% and 88% year-on-year respectively, which together accounted for the province's import and export value. 58% of the total import and export value of RCEP member countries.

  Miao Zhenguo said that RCEP achieved bilateral tariff concessions between China and Japan for the first time. According to static trade data, in the first year that RCEP came into effect, Shandong Province’s export commodities could enjoy tariff concessions of about 380 million yuan in Japan; RCEP completed tariff reductions. After the process, Shandong's imports from Japan can reduce tariff costs by about 900 million yuan.

  According to customs statistics, in 2021, Shandong Province will import and export 1.03 trillion yuan to the other 14 member countries of RCEP, an increase of 32.9% over 2020. 35.2% of the value, accounting for an increase of 0.1 percentage points compared to 2020.

Among them, exports were 600.53 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.2%; imports were 431.36 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40%.

  According to statistics, Jiangxi's foreign trade import and export in 2021 will be 498.04 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.7% (the same below), the fastest growth rate in ten years.

Among them, exports were 367.18 billion yuan, an increase of 25.8%; imports were 130.86 billion yuan, an increase of 18.3%.

  In 2021, Jiangxi will have trade relations with 224 countries and regions around the world, and both imports and exports to major trading partners will achieve rapid growth.

Statistics show that ASEAN, the United States and the European Union were Jiangxi's top three trading partners last year, with imports and exports of 79.73 billion yuan, 69.12 billion yuan and 52.18 billion yuan respectively.

  During the same period, Jiangxi's total imports and exports to countries along the "Belt and Road" reached 142.43 billion yuan, an increase of 21.5%, accounting for 28.6% of the province's total imports and exports during the same period.

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