In the third quarter, the confidence in foreign trade development gradually recovered

Confidence in foreign trade development gradually recovered in the third quarter

The export volume and profit of foreign trade enterprises are both good

　　□ Our reporter Zhang Wei

　　A few days ago, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade released the "Report on the Third Quarter Foreign Trade Situation" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report").

The "Report" shows that the confidence expectations of my country's foreign trade enterprises have increased significantly, and they have continued to show strong resilience.

45.1% of foreign trade enterprises indicated that their confidence in foreign trade development gradually recovered in the third quarter; 30.31% of foreign trade enterprises expected the annual trade volume to achieve year-on-year growth, which was 4.09 percentage points higher than that in the second quarter; large and medium-sized enterprises were more optimistic about the foreign trade situation for the whole year , Small and micro business expectations, although weaker, have improved from the second quarter.

　　According to Sun Xiao, spokesperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Secretary-General of the China Chamber of International Commerce, since this year, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade has made the construction of high-level application-oriented think tanks a main business line, and released quarterly research reports on China's foreign trade situation, which is an important brand that China Council for the Promotion of International Trade is striving to build one.

　　Since late August, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has distributed questionnaires to foreign trade enterprises through the national trade promotion system, and 2,043 copies have been effectively recovered.

"We deeply felt in the survey that the effect of various foreign trade stabilization policies began to be concentrated in the third quarter. In the first half of the year, the problems of freight rates, energy, capital, and exchange rates, which were strongly reported by enterprises, were significantly alleviated." Sun Xiao said.

　　The specific performance is in the following aspects: the export volume and profit of foreign trade enterprises are both good.

The trade volume of 22.69% of the companies increased month-on-month, and the profits of 19.52% of the companies increased month-on-month.

　　Export profits of high value-added industries have grown significantly.

The foreign trade growth of railway, ship, aerospace and transportation equipment, paper and paper products, special equipment manufacturing, automobile and other industries is relatively strong, with 40%, 39.29%, 35% and 28.28% of enterprises achieving a month-on-month increase in export profits respectively.

　　With the deepening of enterprises' understanding and application of RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership), ASEAN has become the largest source market for my country's foreign trade orders. The top three sources of new orders for foreign trade enterprises in the third quarter are ASEAN, the European Union and the United States. , accounting for 30.6%, 30.55% and 25.29% respectively.

　　Foreign trade enterprises have high expectations for new forms of trade and new models. 46.7% of enterprises believe that comprehensive foreign trade services have the greatest effect on export promotion, and 22.52% of enterprises believe that cross-border e-commerce plays a greater role.

　　Sun Xiao also admitted that at present, foreign trade companies are still facing multiple problems such as shrinking external demand, insufficient orders on hand, high comprehensive costs, repeated epidemics, and increasing economic and trade frictions.

According to the survey, 60.02% of companies said that the decline in orders was the biggest difficulty they faced, 51.83% of companies felt that orders were diverted, 56.22% of companies believed that raw material costs had risen, and 47.68% of companies reported that the epidemic affected production.

　　According to Sun Xiao, the policy demands of foreign trade enterprises are mainly reflected in three aspects: continue to increase the implementation of tax cuts and fee reductions, continue relevant tax reduction and exemption measures, help enterprises reduce costs, increase confidence, and solve problems; accelerate the recovery of domestic offline Organize exhibitions, actively organize foreign trade enterprises to participate in overseas exhibitions, and improve the convenience of cross-border personnel flow; increase the training and consultation of foreign trade enterprises using preferential policies of free trade agreements, help enterprises effectively deal with international economic and trade frictions, and comprehensively improve the use of preferential policies by enterprises and combat external risks. ability.

　　Sun Xiao said that the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade will conscientiously implement the spirit of the State Council executive meeting, focus on serving the special class for foreign-funded enterprises, and focus on the following three areas: strengthening situation research and judgment, closely tracking new trends in the world economic situation, foreign trade and foreign investment, and foreign investment. The new difficulties of enterprises and the new situation of the implementation of the bailout policy should be reported to the relevant departments in a timely manner and better serve decision-making; build more platforms, organize enterprises to participate in B20, APEC Business Advisory Council meetings, continue to hold a series of digital exhibitions, and timely Organize companies to participate in large-scale foreign exhibitions, organize China Chamber of International Commerce member companies to carry out local tours, and do everything possible to help companies seize orders, expand markets, and seek business opportunities; provide efficient services, guide companies to make full use of RCEP and other FTA preferential policies, and improve the incentives The level of facilitation in issuing certificates of origin, and providing international economic and trade arbitration, commercial mediation and intellectual property services to help enterprises strengthen compliance and deal with trade frictions.