Chinanews.com, Guangzhou, January 1 (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) The Information Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province held a press conference on the import and export situation of Guangdong in 16 in Guangzhou on the afternoon of the 16th. Wen Zhencai, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, reported that according to statistics, the total import and export value of Guangdong's foreign trade in 2023 will be 2023.8 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 3.0%. Among them, exports were 3.5 trillion yuan, up 4.2 percent year-on-year, and imports were 5.2 trillion yuan, down 9.3 percent year-on-year.
The scene of the press conference. Photo by Cheng Jingwei
In 2023, in the face of multiple unfavorable factors such as the unstable momentum of world economic recovery, weakening external demand, falling prices, and sluggish growth of major economies, Guangdong's foreign trade withstood the pressure, overcame many difficulties, and made overall steady progress and better than expected, with the scale hitting a record high, achieving the goal of promoting stability and improving quality, and playing the role of "main force" and "ballast stone" in the overall situation of national foreign trade.
Wen Zhencai said that in 2023, Guangdong's foreign trade operation will be generally stable, and the trend of improvement is obvious. In terms of share, Guangdong's foreign trade will account for 2023.19% of the country in 9, continuing to rank first in the country's foreign trade.
According to reports, in 2023, Guangdong's general trade import and export will be 4.78 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, accounting for 57.6% of the total import and export value. During the same period, the number of enterprises with import and export business in Guangdong exceeded 13,9 for the first time, an increase of 4.5 percent year-on-year, of which the number of private enterprises accounted for more than eighty percent, and the import and export was 04.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 60 percent, accounting for 7.<> percent of the total import and export value.
It is worth noting that in 2023, Guangdong's imports and exports to the "Belt and Road" countries will be 3.04 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1%, accounting for 36.6% of the total import and export value. Imports and exports to Latin America and Africa increased by 7.5 percent and 3.9 percent respectively. In the fourth quarter, imports and exports to the United States and the European Union picked up, with imports and exports of 1 trillion yuan and 0.97 trillion yuan respectively for the whole year. (ENDS)