China News Service, April 8th, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng pointed out on the 8th that with the joint efforts of the government, enterprises and industries, China's foreign trade started well in the first quarter.
This is the result of the market's decisive role in the allocation of resources and the better use of the government's role.
Data map: container terminal.
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The Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference on the 8th.
At the meeting, a reporter asked: At present, my country's foreign trade has continued to go up against the trend, and it has handed over a report card of "not weak in the off-season". How do you view the above achievements and the future momentum of foreign trade development?
In addition, according to the "Opinions on Implementing the Division of Key Tasks in the "Government Work Report" issued by the State Council, several relevant departments must issue relevant policies before the end of April to implement optimization and adjustment of import taxes and increase imports of high-quality products and services.
What specific arrangements does the Ministry of Commerce have?
Gao Feng pointed out that since last year, in the face of the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Party Central Committee and the State Council have made timely decisions and arrangements, and a series of unconventional foreign trade stabilization policies have continued to exert force to reduce costs, prevent risks, grasp orders, and expand markets for my country’s foreign trade companies. It played an important role.
With the joint efforts of the government, enterprises, and industries, China's foreign trade started well in the first quarter.
This is the result of the market's decisive role in the allocation of resources and the better use of the government's role.
Gao Feng introduced that from a recent survey of more than 20,000 foreign trade companies, the current orders of companies have improved compared with last year. About half of the companies believe that policy measures such as tax cuts and fee reductions, export tax rebates, and trade facilitation levels have improved. Strong sense of acquisition.
At the same time, companies also reported that there are still many unstable and uncertain factors facing foreign trade development this year. There are risks such as the uncertainty of the epidemic, the instability of the international industrial chain supply chain, and the complexity of the international environment. Micro entities are also facing some difficulties. For example, shipping freight rates are hovering at a high level and insufficient capacity, which affects companies’ orders; rising raw material prices have led to higher production costs; labor difficulties in some areas are still more prominent.
Gao Feng said that the Ministry of Commerce will pay close attention to the development of the relevant situation, maintain policy continuity, stability and sustainability, improve related trade policies, continue to assist enterprises in reducing costs and increasing efficiency, and go all out to promote the stable development of imports and exports. , To promote the stability and quality improvement of foreign trade.
Gao Feng said that in actively expanding imports, the Ministry of Commerce will continue to cooperate with the Ministry of Finance and other relevant departments to optimize and adjust import tax policies to promote the increase in imports of high-quality products and services. At the same time, it will continue to play the leading role of the national import trade promotion innovation demonstration zone, and through relevant policies and measures, promote the expansion of the import of advanced technology, equipment and services, support the improvement of the import of people’s livelihood-related products, support the development of new import formats, and optimize imported products. To improve the level of regulatory facilitation and better serve the construction of a new development pattern.