Imports and exports increased by 16.6% year-on-year in July

  my country's foreign trade growth continues to pick up (new economic orientation)

  Our reporter Du Haitao

  According to data released by the General Administration of Customs a few days ago, in the first seven months of this year, the total value of my country's import and export of goods trade was 23.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%.

Among them, exports were 13.37 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%; imports were 10.23 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%; trade surplus was 3.14 trillion yuan, an increase of 62.1%.

  Since the beginning of this year, my country has effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. Foreign trade imports and exports have overcome many adverse effects such as the tightening of the external environment and the short-term impact of the epidemic. The cumulative growth rate in the first seven months has reached double digits.

  "In July, my country's imports and exports increased by 16.6% year-on-year, continuing the trend of continuous recovery in foreign trade growth since May, making positive contributions to stabilizing the macroeconomic market," said Li Kuiwen, director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs.

  Yangtze River Delta withstood the test

  In July, it increased by 25.7% year-on-year, contributing more than 50% to the growth of national foreign trade.

  Walking into the distribution warehouse of Fancheng Container Supervision Station in Baoshan District, Shanghai, the staff are busy with loading, unpacking, checking, and lifting and unloading all kinds of goods of different sizes and shapes.

  "Since June, the amount of incoming boxes and the amount of goods picked up by enterprises have increased significantly, and the logistics is now operating at full capacity." Shanghai Wusong Customs officers Wei Jianhua and Li Min have been busy in the warehouse all morning.

They told reporters that in June, Wusong Customs had supervised and distributed 37,000 batches of goods, a year-on-year increase of 46.3% and a month-on-month increase of 3.7 times.

  Data show that in the first seven months, the import and export of three provinces and one city in the Yangtze River Delta region increased by 11.7% year-on-year, 2.5 percentage points faster than the growth rate in the first half of the year; in July, it increased by 25.7% year-on-year, contributing more than 50% to the growth of national foreign trade.

  Stabilizing foreign trade and foreign investment is related to the overall economic situation and employment situation.

Since the beginning of this year, my country has introduced a series of measures to stabilize the industrial chain and supply chain, and help foreign trade enterprises to maintain orders, markets and confidence.

  In the first half of the year, Shanghai's foreign trade withstood the test of the epidemic. With the accelerated resumption of work and production, the industrial chain and supply chain tended to be repaired, social operations gradually returned to normal, and imports and exports continued to stabilize and rebound.

In June, foreign trade enterprises went all out. In that month, the import and export of Shanghai and Shanghai ports both turned from negative to positive, with a year-on-year growth rate of 9.6% and 2.8% respectively, an increase of 46.2 and 41 percentage points respectively compared with April.

  After entering the stage of economic recovery and revitalization, the relevant departments in Shanghai have further consolidated and optimized the on-site operation mode of foreign trade, and promoted the "unaccompanied inspection" and "joint inspection" and other inspection measures during the epidemic period to be consolidated into a normalized mechanism to enhance the satisfaction and sense of gain of foreign trade enterprises.

  On July 12, at the beginning of the night at the Shanghai Haitong International Automobile Terminal, 400 BYD brand new energy vehicles, under the protection of Shanghai Foreign Port Customs, went on the roll-on wheel, and with the roar of the whistle, they departed smoothly for export to the New Zealand market.

  "The number of these exported vehicles is relatively large, and when all of them arrive at Haitong Terminal, there are less than 4 hours left before the ro-ro wheel will leave the berth. We will open up a 'green channel' as soon as we understand the situation." Shanghai Overseas Port Chen Jia, chief of the inspection and inspection department of the customs, said that with the cooperation of the Outer Harbor Customs and the port terminal, the entire inspection and release process was completed in just two hours.

  In the first half of this year, Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port exported a total of 465,000 domestic vehicles, an increase of 30.4% over the same period last year.

In June, 71,000 domestic automobiles were exported, an increase of 18.2% month-on-month, which has exceeded the level of the same period last year.

  In order to further solve the outstanding problems of foreign trade and foreign-invested enterprises in personnel entry and exit, factor guarantee, etc., the General Office of the Zhejiang Provincial Government recently issued the "Ten Measures to Support the Stabilization of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment" to ensure the smooth flow of "going out" and "bringing in".

Zhejiang will also further expand the coverage of export credit insurance, and strive to achieve full coverage of related enterprises.

According to data from Hangzhou Customs, in the first half of this year, Zhejiang’s imports and exports totaled 2.26 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%, of which exports were 1.66 trillion yuan, an increase of 20.3%, and imports were 594.74 billion yuan, an increase of 9.8%.

  RCEP brings new opportunities

  In July, my country's imports and exports to RCEP trading partners increased by 18.8% year-on-year

  "The policy dividends brought by RCEP have helped us to expand overseas markets. In the next step, we will further understand the relevant requirements of Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and other RCEP member countries for the import of our products, and strive to sell our products to these countries." Inner Mongolia Astronaut Gao Zhang Hao, the relevant person in charge of the Technology Industry Co., Ltd.

  Recently, a batch of 115 tons of sea buckthorn puree products with a value of 1.62 million yuan of the company applied for the "Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement" (RCEP) certificate of origin.

With this certificate, these products will enjoy more than 30,000 yuan of tariff concessions in Japan.

Since the beginning of this year, the company has exported a total of 2,556 tons of sea buckthorn products such as sea buckthorn puree and sea buckthorn capsules, with a value of 35.16 million yuan.

  On January 1 this year, RCEP officially came into effect, further deepening regional economic interconnection and trade and investment cooperation, providing new momentum for regional economic recovery and development, and becoming an important force in promoting the high-quality development of foreign trade.

  Data show that in the first seven months, ASEAN, the European Union, the United States and South Korea were my country's top four trading partners, with imports and exports of 3.53 trillion yuan, 3.23 trillion yuan, 2.93 trillion yuan and 1.39 trillion yuan respectively, an increase of 13.2%. , 8.9%, 11.8% and 8.9%.

During the same period, my country’s trade with countries along the “Belt and Road” became closer, with imports and exports increasing by 19.8% year-on-year, and a year-on-year increase of 7.5% with the other 14 RCEP member countries.

In July, my country’s imports and exports to RCEP trading partners reached 1.17 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.8%, driving the overall import and export growth by 5.6 percentage points.

  Hohhot Customs focuses on the construction of agricultural and livestock product production bases, optimizes customs clearance supervision measures, supports characteristic agricultural products enterprises to make good use of RCEP policy preferences, and expands relevant markets.

In the first half of the year, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region exported 800 million yuan of agricultural products to RCEP trading partners, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%.

  Nanjing Customs comprehensively uses "cloud lectures", webcasts, online interviews, and government affairs hotline interaction to provide customized training for enterprises and help them make good use of the RCEP tariff preferential policies.

From January to July, Nanjing Customs issued 42,900 RCEP certificates of origin for enterprises, with a visa amount of 15.237 billion yuan.

  "The import tax rate of our exported formic acid products in Japan has been reduced from 4.3% to zero tariff, and the tax rate of hexafluoropropylene has been reduced from 3.1% to 0.3%." Zhang Qingguo, director of the sales management department of Luxi Chemical Group, said that the reduction in tariff costs was driven by the reduction of tariff costs. The competitiveness of enterprises in the Japanese market has been greatly improved. In the first half of this year, the company's exports to Japan increased by 30% year-on-year.

  According to statistics, in the first half of the year, Shandong Customs and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade issued RCEP certificates of origin for 59,000 batches of export goods, with a value of 18.39 billion yuan.

  Policies and measures to accelerate the implementation

  The number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in the first seven months increased by 5.8% year-on-year

  On July 19, under the supervision of Guangzhou Station Customs under Guangzhou Customs, 100 standard containers of "Made in the Greater Bay Area" commodities such as LED lamps, toys, clothing, shoes and boots were carried on the China Railway Express from Guangzhou International Port.

In the first half of this year, Guangzhou Customs supervised a total of 133 China-Europe trains, exceeding the total number of shipments in 2021 half a year ahead of schedule, with a value of about 3.041 billion yuan, an increase of 95% and 48% year-on-year respectively.

  Affected by the epidemic, the congestion points of international logistics and transportation have increased, and both sides of foreign trade entities are under pressure.

All localities and departments have conscientiously implemented various deployment requirements for helping enterprises to bail out, and have taken concrete measures to solve problems for enterprises.

  Relevant departments in Guangdong continue to improve the efficiency of inbound and outbound logistics, adhere to services such as "24-hour customs clearance appointment" and "special window for train handling" to facilitate enterprises to go through customs procedures, and at the same time strengthen guidance for enterprises to optimize the structure of import and export commodities and improve the speed of goods turnover.

Since July, the supply companies of Guangzhou China Railway Express have continued to increase.

  Data show that in the first seven months, the number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in my country was 526,000, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%.

Among them, the import and export of private enterprises was 11.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.3%, accounting for 50% of my country's total foreign trade value.

  On August 4, in the production workshop of Tianjin Huayuan Times Metal Products Co., Ltd., galvanized iron wires as thin as hairs beat regularly on the production line, and were wound on a plastic shaft into rolls of finished products.

Workers are busy packing boxes, and then the products will be exported to overseas markets.

  "Under the influence of the epidemic, the cost of raw materials and transportation has increased. Relevant departments have introduced many measures to promote the stability and improvement of foreign trade, which is like a 'timely rain' for us," said Ma Xiaowei, the company's marketing director.

  While strictly preventing and controlling the epidemic at ports, Tianjin has stepped up efforts to ensure the smooth circulation of industrial chains and supply chains in key regions, and further improve the efficiency of customs clearance of imported and exported goods.

Tianjin Customs has sent commissioners to cultivate credit for specialized, special and new "little giant" enterprises, and instructed enterprises to superimpose and apply a number of facilitation policies such as advance declaration, direct pick-up by ship, direct loading on arrival, and paperless visas. Empowering new SMEs.

  In the first half of this year, the import and export value of Tianjin's specialized, specialized, and new "little giant" enterprises totaled 2.82 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.3%.

  Experts from the General Administration of Customs said that at present, my country's foreign trade development is still facing some unstable and uncertain factors, and there is still a lot of pressure to maintain stability and improve quality.

But on the whole, China's foreign trade in the first seven months was more resilient to withstand the "stress test", laying a solid foundation for the stability and improvement of foreign trade throughout the year.

With the accelerated implementation of a series of policies and measures to stabilize the economy, the further smooth flow of foreign trade logistics, and the further acceleration of enterprises' resumption of work and production, my country's foreign trade import and export is expected to continue to maintain a stable growth momentum.