Stabilize the market, expand advantages and increase vitality

  China's foreign trade achieved steady growth in the first 8 months (Rui Finance)

  Our reporter Liao Ruiling

  The latest data released by the General Administration of Customs on September 7 shows that in the first eight months of this year, China's total import and export value was 27.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.1% over the same period last year.

Among them, exports were 15.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.2%; imports were 11.82 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.2%; trade surplus was 3.66 trillion yuan, an increase of 58.2%.

  Li Kuiwen, director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that this year, in the face of the complex and severe foreign trade development environment, China has effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and has continued to issue a series of policies to stabilize foreign trade to promote foreign trade to stabilize the market, expand its advantages and increase its growth. Vitality and steady growth.

  The foreign trade structure and development quality have improved

  In the first eight months of this year, the scale of China's foreign trade continued to expand, and both the structure and quality of foreign trade improved.

  The import and export of general trade increased by double digits and the proportion increased.

In the first eight months, my country's general trade import and export reached 17.55 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.1%, accounting for 64.3% of the total foreign trade value, an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the same period last year.

In the same period, the import and export of processing trade was 5.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.5%, accounting for 20.1%.

my country's import and export through bonded logistics was 3.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 9%.

  Exports of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products both increased.

In the first 8 months, my country's export of mechanical and electrical products was 8.75 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.8%, accounting for 56.5% of the total export value.

Among them, automatic data processing equipment and its parts and components were 1.05 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.5%; mobile phones were 555.39 billion yuan, an increase of 4.2%; automobiles were 216.8 billion yuan, an increase of 57.6%.

In the same period, the export of labor-intensive products was 2.81 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.1%.

  In terms of bulk commodities, the import volume and price of iron ore fell, and the import volume of crude oil, coal, natural gas and soybeans decreased in price.

In the first eight months, my country imported 723 million tons of iron ore, down 3.1%, and the average import price was 827.8 yuan per ton, down 29.4%.

During the same period, imported crude oil was 330 million tons, down 4.7%, and the average import price was 4,792.1 yuan per ton, up 56.8%; coal was 168 million tons, down 14.9%, and the average import price was 1,021.3 yuan per ton, up 81.2%.

  Judging from the monthly data, in August, my country's total import and export value was 3.71 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.6%.

Among them, exports were 2.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.8%; imports were 1.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.6%; the trade surplus was 535.91 billion yuan, an increase of 40.4%.

  Rapid growth in trade with the "Belt and Road"

  In the first eight months of this year, China's imports and exports to major trading partners such as ASEAN, the European Union and the United States achieved growth.

Among them, ASEAN is China's largest trading partner, and the total trade value between China and ASEAN is 4.09 trillion yuan, an increase of 14%, accounting for 15% of the total foreign trade value; the EU is China's second largest trading partner, and the total value of trade between China and the EU is The total value of Sino-US trade was 3.35 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.1%, accounting for 12.3%.

  At the same time, trade exchanges between China and countries along the “Belt and Road” continued to advance.

Li Kuiwen introduced that in recent years, China has unswervingly promoted the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and has achieved rapid growth in trade with countries along the route.

In August, China's imports and exports to countries along the "Belt and Road" increased by 23.8% year-on-year, driving the overall import and export growth by 6.9 percentage points.

  From January 1 this year, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into effect, bringing dividends to foreign trade companies and consumers.

Judging from the performance of foreign trade in the first eight months, China's imports and exports to countries along the "Belt and Road" increased by 20.2% year-on-year, and the total value of trade with the other 14 RCEP member countries increased by 7.5% year-on-year.

According to data from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, from January to August, the number of small, medium and micro foreign trade companies exporting to RCEP countries increased by 36.4% year-on-year; during the same period, the proportion of receipts from small, medium and micro foreign trade companies exporting to the RCEP region increased by 2.79%. The trade promotion effect of foreign trade enterprises is rapidly emerging.

  Private enterprises account for over 50% of imports and exports

  The release of the vitality of foreign trade market players is inseparable from the implementation of a series of relief policies to help enterprises.

According to Yang Yinkai, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Development and Reform Commission, since May this year, all regions and departments have stepped up efforts to promote the implementation of a package of policies to stabilize the economy. Relevant supporting policies and detailed implementation rules should be released, the policy effects will be released faster, and the economy has continued to recover and develop. the trend of foreign trade, the resilience of foreign trade continues to show.

  In the first eight months of this year, the import and export of Chinese private enterprises grew rapidly and the proportion increased.

From January to August, the import and export of private enterprises was 13.68 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.9%, accounting for 50.1% of the total foreign trade value, an increase of 2.1 percentage points over the same period last year.

In the same period, foreign-invested enterprises imported and exported 9.17 trillion yuan, accounting for 33.6% of the total foreign trade value.

  "Since this year, in the face of the complex and ever-changing external environment, private enterprises have given full play to their advantages of high operational flexibility and strong market adaptability to face difficulties and overcome difficulties. The vitality of foreign trade has been fully reflected." Li Kuiwen said that the first eight In March, the growth rate of imports and exports of private enterprises nationwide was 4.8 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate.

  Next, how to stabilize foreign trade policy?

Assistant Minister of Commerce Li Fei said that the Ministry of Commerce will accelerate the development of new business forms and models such as cross-border e-commerce and market procurement trade methods, actively support the export of key products such as new energy vehicles, and smooth the channels for foreign trade enterprises to seize orders, so as to provide enterprises with exhibitors, Negotiations provide more convenience and help companies improve their ability to cope with risks such as exchange rates.