Ministry of Commerce: The pressure to stabilize foreign trade this year is huge

　　China News Service, Beijing, March 1 (Reporter Li Xiaoyu) Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said on the 1st that the pressure on China to stabilize foreign trade this year is "very huge". In the future, it will closely follow the external demand and foreign trade situation, and strengthen monitoring and early warning.

　　Driven by factors such as the export of anti-epidemic materials, China's total import and export value in 2021 will break through the US$6 trillion mark for the first time, with a year-on-year growth rate of 21.4% in RMB terms, a rare high in recent years; accounting for 15% of the international market share, It is the highest share of a single global economy since 1958.

　　In this regard, Wang Wentao admitted at the press conference held on the same day that there were many phased factors in the high growth of foreign trade last year, including the return of orders, the export of anti-epidemic materials, and the "home economy". The subsidence of these phased factors has stabilized the increase in foreign trade this year. pressure.

　　He said that the current global epidemic is still ups and downs, the recovery momentum is unstable, and the external demand market is facing uncertainty; the supply of raw materials and bulk commodities has not yet returned to normal, and the supply chain bottleneck will not be relieved in the short term; problems such as labor shortages also plague foreign trade companies. , affecting the confidence of enterprises to accept orders.

Coupled with the high base last year, "this year's pressure is very huge, and the situation is very complex and severe."

　　Wang Wentao said that in the future, he will do a good job in the implementation and reserve of foreign trade stabilization policies, and make every effort to help enterprises, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to maintain orders, stabilize expectations, and expand the market.

At the same time, it will closely track the situation of foreign demand and foreign trade, strengthen monitoring and early warning, and make policy reserves.

　　He said that he will continue to promote the innovative development of foreign trade, increase support for the development of overseas warehouses, build and improve the network of overseas warehouses, and promote the construction of an overseas smart logistics platform.

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