Today (July 13) morning, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference. Li Kuiwen, Director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs, introduced that the total value of my country’s foreign trade imports and exports has maintained a positive year-on-year growth for 13 consecutive months, and the scale of imports and exports hit the highest level in history. At a good level, continue to maintain a steady and positive trend.
According to customs statistics, in the first half of this year, my country's total foreign trade import and export value was 18.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 27.1% over the same period last year, of which exports were 9.85 trillion yuan, an increase of 28.1%; imports were 8.22 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.9%.
In June, my country's foreign trade imports and exports were 3.29 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22%.
my country's foreign trade imports and exports have achieved positive year-on-year growth for 13 consecutive months. Compared with the same period in 2019, the growth rate of imports and exports in the first half of this year is still as high as 22.8%.
At today’s press conference, Li Kuiwen, Director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs, announced that my country’s general trade import and export was 11.19 trillion yuan in the first half of this year, an increase of 30.7%, accounting for 61.9% of my country’s total foreign trade value, an increase of 1.7 compared to the same period last year. Percentage points.
At the same time, emerging trade formats such as cross-border e-commerce and market procurement trade have also shown vigorous development momentum, and the structure of trade methods has been further optimized.
In terms of exports, my country's exports of mechanical and electrical products were eye-catching, with exports of 5.83 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of 29.5%.
(Sun Shuwen, CCTV reporter, CCTV)