China's foreign trade maintained positive growth for 6 consecutive months
According to data released by the General Administration of Customs on December 7, the total value of China's imports and exports of goods trade in the first 11 months was 29.04 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.8%. Up to now, imports and exports have achieved positive growth for six consecutive months, and the cumulative growth rate of imports and exports during the year also continued the positive growth trend since the third quarter. Multi-party analysis pointed out that the current situation is the result of multiple factors such as market players actively breaking through and stabilizing foreign trade measures. The future foreign trade is still facing uncertainty, and sustained growth requires efforts.November exports increased by 14.9%
"Our orders have been scheduled until April next year." "Workers work overtime to complete the schedule"... Recently, export orders for small household appliances, furniture, toys, bicycles and other industries have increased significantly, and some foreign trade companies have reported that export orders are "exploded." The phenomenon has increased. This positive momentum is confirmed in the data.
According to customs statistics, in November, China’s foreign trade imports and exports amounted to 3.09 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.8%. Among them, exports were 1.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.9%; imports were 1.29 trillion yuan, a decrease of 0.8%; the trade surplus was 507.1 billion yuan, an increase of 92.6%.
From January to September, the cumulative growth rate of China's foreign trade turned from negative to positive for the first time in the year, up 0.7% year-on-year; from January to October, the growth rate of foreign trade increased to 1.1%; entering November, the growth rate continued to expand.
In terms of exports, mechanical and electrical products, textiles and plastic products are all showing a growth trend. In the first 11 months, China exported 9.57 trillion yuan in mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 5.4%, accounting for 59.3% of the total export value. Among them, the export value of automatic data processing equipment and its parts was 1.31 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.7%; during the same period, exports of textiles including masks were 989.23 billion yuan, an increase of 33%; plastic products were 527.78 billion yuan, an increase of 20.1%; furniture was 3650.7 Billion yuan, an increase of 11.2%; toys 210.48 billion yuan, an increase of 6.8%. "Home economy" commodities such as notebook computers and home appliances have also increased significantly.
Li Kuiwen, Director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that since the beginning of this year, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has ravaged the world and the world economy has been in severe recession. However, China has achieved major strategic results in coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and foreign trade policies and measures have been effective and effective. China's foreign trade imports and exports have achieved positive growth for six consecutive months since June, and the international market share has further increased.
Private enterprises accounted for 46.4% of imports and exports
While the overall import and export value maintains an increasing trend, China’s foreign trade also shows outstanding highlights.
Imports and exports to major trading partners have maintained growth, and the trade situation is good.
Customs statistics show that in the first 11 months of this year, China's imports and exports with ASEAN, EU, the United States, Japan, South Korea and other top five trading partners have all achieved growth, with import and export values of 4.24 trillion yuan, 4.05 trillion yuan, and 3.65 trillion yuan respectively. Yuan, 2 trillion yuan, 1.8 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.7%, 4.7%, 6.9%, 1.4%, and 0.9% respectively. Among them, ASEAN is China's largest trading partner, accounting for 14.6% of China's total foreign trade value.
Bai Ming, deputy director of the Institute of International Market Research of the Ministry of Commerce, said in an interview with our reporter that China's resumption of work and production is in good shape, and domestic production capacity is guaranteed, which has become a "stabilizer" for the global market. The performance of China's foreign trade under the epidemic has also increasingly highlighted China's close ties with the world economy.
The import and export of private enterprises increased and their proportion increased.
In the first 11 months, the import and export of private enterprises was 13.47 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.3%, accounting for 46.4% of the total foreign trade value, an increase of 4% over the same period last year. Among them, exports were 8.95 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.2%, and accounted for 55.5% of the total export value; imports were 4.52 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.5%, and accounted for 35% of the total import value.
"Currently, private enterprises have become the most active force in the field of foreign trade, and their proportion of imports and exports has continued to increase, which has played an important role in promoting the development of my country's foreign trade." Li Kuiwen said that Chinese enterprises actively participate in international competition, and their innovative vitality is constantly released. The product structure continued to be optimized, and the quality of foreign trade was stabilized and improved.
Sustained and stable growth still needs work
Comprehensively promote the facilitation measures such as "advance declaration", "green channel", exemption from on-site inspections, and improve customs clearance efficiency; reduce or exempt import delay fees and late fees, and exempt processing trade goods from tax deferred interest for domestic sales to reduce or exempt enterprises and save money ; Carry out cross-border e-commerce business-to-business (B2B) export trials; encourage the central and western regions, northeast and other places to carry out market procurement trade trials... This year, various foreign trade stabilization policies have been continuously implemented to provide support for market entities.
In the eyes of many experts, in the context of a sharp decline in global trade, imports and exports can grow against the trend, reflecting the resilience of China's foreign trade. Among them, the implementation of various policies for stabilizing foreign trade, the creation of a good business environment through reform and innovation, and the support of small and micro private enterprises have also played an important role.
At the same time, exports of clothing, shoes and bags, etc. have declined, and there is a trend of differentiation among different trades in foreign trade. Li Kuiwen said that the current external environment is complex and severe, foreign trade development is still facing many uncertainties, and sustained and stable growth still requires hard work.
In addition to continuing to promote various policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade, Bai Ming believes that the future foreign trade sector needs "double attention": on the one hand, we must pay attention to traditional supply and demand to maintain the competitiveness of the foreign trade industry; on the other hand, we must pay attention to the epidemic situation. Keep track of new changes in the market and grasp new consumer trends and opportunities.
Fu Linghui, a spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics, previously stated that, on the whole, the results of China’s epidemic prevention and control have been relatively obvious. Enterprises have resumed work and production, and production operations have been restored. Although the international situation is uncertain, China The import and export trade is still expected to be better than the overall global situation.