In the first half of the year, the total service import and export in my country increased by 21.6% year -on -year

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 4th (Reporter Xie Xiyao) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Commerce on the 4th that in the first half of the year, my country's service trade remained rapidly growing. The total amount of service imports and exports was 289109 billion yuan, an increase of 21.6%year -on -year.

Data show that in the first half of the year, my country ’s service exports were 1405.95 billion yuan, an increase of 24.6%year -on -year; imports were 1485.14 billion yuan, an increase of 18.9%year -on -year. The increase in service exports was greater than the import of 5.7 percentage points, driving the service trade deficit of 34.3%to 79.19 billion yuan. In June, the total number of imports and exports in my country was 525.3 billion yuan, a year -on -year increase of 19.6%.

From the characteristics, the knowledge -intensive service trade has continued to grow steadily. In the first half of the year, the import and export of knowledge -intensive services was 1214.49 billion yuan, an increase of 9.8%. Among them, the areas where knowledge -intensive service exports are growing rapidly. Essence

In addition, the import and export of travel services continued to recover. In the first half of the year, the import and export of travel services in my country was 393.55 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2%, of which exports fell 21.8%, and imports increased by 11.6%. Excluding travel services, the service imports and exports in my country increased by 24%in the first half of the year. Compared with the same period in 2019, the service imports and exports increased by 52.8%.

[Editor in charge: Wang Jianing]

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