Answer reporters 丨 In the first half of this year, consumer goods imports in Shandong Province imported 49.1 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7% year -on -year

This morning, the Provincial Government News Office held a press conference to introduce the foreign trade situation in our province in the first half of the year, and answered reporters' questions.

Zhonghong.com reporter:

This year, the state has issued strong measures to release consumption potential. It is generally paid attention to consumer recovery. How is the situation of consumer goods imports in Shandong Province in the first half of the year?

Shi Yong replied: In the first half of this year, the import of consumer goods in Shandong Province was 49.1 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7%year -on -year, and the growth rate was lower than the overall import level of the province. The main reason is that the domestic pork supply is restored this year, resulting in the decline in import demand. The pork miscellaneous crushed 3.22 billion yuan, a decrease of 65.5%, lowered the growth rate of the import of consumer goods at the same period by 12.9 percentage points. If the factors of pork imports are excluded, the growth rate of the import value of other consumer goods in Shandong in the first half of the year can reach 20.7%.

Among the major consumption categories, the imports of food tobacco and alcohol consumer goods in Shandong in the first half of the year were 38.62 billion yuan, an increase of 2%, accounting for 78.7%of the total value of the import of consumer goods, of which the import value of beef increased by 68.5%; the increase in edible aquatic products increased by 44.3%; 11.9%; dry fresh melon and nuts increased by 100%. Secondly, in the first half of the year, Shandong's daily chemical goods imports were 50.04 billion yuan, an increase of 35.5%, accounting for 10.3%of the total value of consumer goods. In addition, the import values ​​of home equipment and transportation consumer goods increased by 9.3%and 18%, respectively; the import values ​​of textile clothing, hats, and cultural and entertainment consumer goods decreased by 10.7%and 11.8%, respectively.

From the perspective of import structure, the import of consumer goods in Shandong Province is mainly concentrated in the field of food and daily necessities, and other large categories have huge potential to expand imports. Customs will continue to implement policies and measures for national consumption, fully support the expansion of the import of consumer goods in the province, and continuously meet the increasingly diverse consumer needs of consumers.

Volkswagen Daily reporter:

What is the trade situation of countries along the “Belt and Road” in the first half of this year?

Zhang Yibing replied: I first notified the trade situation of countries along the "Belt and Road" countries. According to customs statistics, in the first half of this year, Shandong Province imported and exported 578.37 billion yuan in imports and exports to countries along the “Belt and Road”, an increase of 35.7%over the same period last year. %, The proportion increased by 5.1 percentage points from the same period in 2021. Among them, exports were 311.34 billion yuan, an increase of 37.6%; imports were 267.03 billion yuan, an increase of 33.6%.

First, nearly 50 % of ASEAN imports and exports, the import and export exports of UAE, Iraq, Kazakhstan, and Kuwait have grown rapidly. In the first half of the year, Shandong Province's imports and exports to ASEAN 286.84 billion yuan, an increase of 47.9%, accounting for 49.6%of the total import and export value of countries along the province in the same period. , Increased by 53.6%, 83%, 53.4%, and 85.8%, respectively.

Second, private enterprises occupy a dominant position. In the first half of the year, private enterprises in Shandong Province were 466.48 billion yuan in imports and exports along the route, an increase of 41.9%year -on -year, accounting for 80.7%of the province's total foreign trade value to the total foreign trade along the province during the same period, accounting for 3.5 percentage points in comparison of the same period last year. During the same period, foreign -invested enterprises import and exported 65.61 billion yuan, an increase of 10.8%, accounting for 11.3%; the import and export of state -owned enterprises was 46.28 billion yuan, an increase of 21%, accounting for 8%.

Third, the contribution rate of energy products to import growth exceeds 80 %. The countries along the route are important sources of imported energy products in Shandong Province. In the first half of the year, the imported energy products (including crude oil and coal) from countries along the line in Shandong Province increased by 65.1%, accounting for 52.6%of the total imports of imports from the countries along the province. The contribution rate to imports from countries along the route reached 82.4%.

Fourth, the exports of electromechanical products are mainly, and the export of labor -intensive products is more vibrant. In the first half of the year, Shandong Province had 129.93 billion yuan in exported mechanical and electrical products along the route, an increase of 32.2%, accounting for 41.7%of the total export value of the countries along the same period (the same below). Among them, the exports of commodity exports such as solar batteries and pure electric passenger cars have grown at a rapid growth of 310.6%and 448.7%, respectively. During the same period, the export of labor -intensive products was 51.48 billion yuan, an increase of 62.3%, which was higher than the overall growth rate of the exports of the countries along the route 24.7 percentage points, accounting for 16.5%.

Shandong Radio and Television Reporter:

In terms of the quality of foreign trade development, what is the performance of Shandong foreign trade?

Shi Yong replied: The foundation of foreign trade is to keep the quality and improve quality. In the first half of the year, the import and export of foreign trade in Shandong continued to maintain a rapid growth trend, the growth rate was higher than the country, and it also achieved good results in the quality and efficiency of foreign trade development. I think it is mainly analyzed from the following four aspects.

First, the development of foreign trade in cities across the province is more balanced. The growth rates of the import and export of cities in the central and western cities in Zaozhuang, Tai'an, Jining, and other provinces are at the forefront. Although Qingdao and Yantai are lower than the overall growth rate, the proportion of the total value of the two cities in the province still reaches 40.5%. The steady development of foreign trade has played an important role.

The second is that the main body of foreign trade is active. As measures such as reduction of tax cuts and optimizing the business environment continue to make efforts, the vitality of the main body of the foreign trade market in Shandong has effectively stimulated. In the first half of the year, there were 54,000 enterprises with import and export performance in Shandong, an increase of more than 3,000 over the same period last year. As the most vibrant foreign trade market entity, private enterprises increased by 3.3 percentage points to 73.2%. The third is that the overall bonded zone has a strong foreign trade momentum. In the first half of the year, the total imports and exports in the Shandong Provincial Comprehensive Free Trade Zone were 274.85 billion yuan, an increase of 38.5%. There were 3010 companies in the comprehensive bonded zone with import and export performance, an increase of 699 from the same period last year. As a new highland open to the outside world, the rapid development of bonded logistics and cross -border e -commerce trade models in the integrated bonded area has developed new vitality into the development of Shandong's foreign trade.

The fourth is the advantages of export structure. In the first half of the year, Shandong's exports of exports of other coastal overseas trade provinces and cities have a higher growth rate. On the one hand, benefiting from Shandong's coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, the development of foreign trade development is less affected by the epidemic. On the other hand, on the basis of more than 40 % of the total export value of mechanical and electrical products, the export industry such as agricultural products, textiles, clothing, and tires has low dependence on the external industry chain, and the export development performance is strong. It is conducive to maintaining stable exports when the economic downward pressure is large.

(News Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province)

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