General Administration of Customs: In 2022, my country's total import and export value will exceed 40 trillion yuan for the first time

　　China News Service, January 13th. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 13th. Lu Daliang, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs, introduced at the meeting that according to customs statistics, the total value of my country's import and export of goods trade in 2022 will be 42.07 trillion yuan. A 7.7% increase over 2021.

Among them, exports were 23.97 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.5%; imports were 18.1 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.3%.

　　The specific analysis mainly has the following five aspects:

　　First, imports and exports are resilient and large in scale.

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In terms of quarters, the total value of imports and exports in the first and second quarters exceeded 9 trillion yuan and 10 trillion yuan respectively. Continue to maintain the level of 11 trillion yuan.

　　Second, the structure of trading partners is excellent and the growth momentum is good.

In 2022, my country's imports and exports to ASEAN, the European Union, and the United States will be 6.52 trillion, 5.65 trillion, and 5.05 trillion yuan, an increase of 15%, 5.6%, and 3.7% respectively.

During the same period, my country's imports and exports to countries along the "Belt and Road" increased by 19.4%, accounting for 32.9% of my country's total foreign trade value, an increase of 3.2 percentage points; imports and exports to other RCEP member countries increased by 7.5%.

　　Third, the general trade grew rapidly and its proportion increased.

In 2022, my country's general trade import and export will be 26.81 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.5%, accounting for 63.7% of the total import and export value, an increase of 2.2 percentage points; of which, exports will be 15.25 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.4%; imports will be 11.56 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.7%.

During the same period, the import and export of processing trade was 8.45 trillion yuan, accounting for 20.1% of the total import and export value.

　　Fourth, the number of foreign trade entities has increased and their vitality has been strong.

In 2022, my country will have 598,000 foreign trade companies with import and export performance, an increase of 5.6%.

Among them, there were 510,000 private enterprises, an increase of 7%, and imports and exports were 21.4 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.9%, accounting for 50.9% of the total value of imports and exports, an increase of 2.3 percentage points.

During the same period, foreign-invested enterprises imported and exported 13.82 trillion yuan, and state-owned enterprises imported and exported 6.77 trillion yuan, accounting for 32.9% and 16.1% of the total import and export value respectively.

　　Fifth, the supply and demand of major products are stable and have sufficient advantages.

In 2022, my country's import and export of mechanical and electrical products will be 20.66 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.5%, accounting for 49.1% of the total import and export value.

Among them, the export of solar cells, lithium batteries and automobiles increased by 67.8%, 86.7% and 82.2% respectively.

During the same period, the export of labor-intensive products was 4.28 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.9%, accounting for 17.9% of the total export value.

Among them, the exports of bags, shoes and toys increased by 32.6%, 24.4% and 9.1% respectively.

In addition, the total import of energy products such as crude oil, natural gas and coal was 3.19 trillion yuan, an increase of 40.9%, accounting for 17.6% of the total import value; the import of agricultural products was 1.57 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.8%, accounting for 8.7% of the total import value.

　　Lv Daliang said that in general, my country's foreign trade will achieve new breakthroughs in 2022, and the scale, quality, and efficiency of imports and exports will increase simultaneously, and the achievements are hard-won.

Looking forward to this year, the current foundation for my country's economic recovery is not yet solid, the external environment is turbulent, the downward pressure on the world economy continues to increase, and my country's foreign trade development still faces many difficulties and challenges.

While facing up to these difficulties and challenges, we must also see that my country's economy has strong resilience, great potential, and sufficient vitality. .

(China New Finance and Economics)