Xinhua Full Media+丨 News Analysis: Foreign trade growth continues to rise to pass positive signals

Author:Xinhuanet Time:2022.08.08

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 7th News Analysis: Foreign trade growth continues to rise to pass positive signals

Xinhua News Agency reporter Zou Duowei

236 trillion yuan -On the 7th, the "transcript" in the first 7 months of the import and export of goods in my country. From the perspective of cumulative growth rates, the first 7 months increased by 10.4%year -on -year; from the month, in July, a year -on -year increase of 16.6%, conveying positive signals for my country's sustainable economic recovery.

Li Kuiwen, director of the Department of Statistics of the General Administration of Customs, said that since this year, my country's efficient coordination of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, foreign trade imports and exports overcomes many adverse effects such as tightening external environment and short -term impact of the epidemic, and have achieved rapid growth.

From the growth rate of foreign trade in April to 0.1%, to the rapid rebound in May and June, it reached 9.5%and 14.3%, respectively. The "V" fixing curve in the first half of the year showed the strong development toughness of my country's foreign trade. After comparing a number of data, the reporter found that the growth rate of foreign trade continued in July the good situation that continued to rise before.

Among them, the driving effect of the continuous and rapid recovery of the "foreign trade town" such as the Yangtze River Delta region cannot be ignored. In the first 7 months, the total imports and exports of the three provinces and one city in the three provinces of the Yangtze River Delta increased by 11.7%year -on -year, an increase of 2.5 percentage points from the growth rate in the first half of the year; in July, the year -on -year increase of 25.7%, and the contribution rate to the national foreign trade growth exceeded 50%.

"It should be said that the Yangtze River Delta region has undergone the test of the epidemic, and has shown a strong ability to self -repair." Zhuang Rui, a professor at the National Institute of Open from the University of Foreign Economic and Trade, said that as social operations gradually return to normal, the industrial chain supply chain supply chain To repair, imports and exports in the Yangtze River Delta are expected to continue to stabilize and recover, accelerate the pace of recovery, and provide important support for the preservation of foreign trade in the country.

The rapid growth of foreign trade is inseparable from the diversity and upgrade of the "circle of friends". In the first seven months, my country's import and exports to major trading partners such as ASEAN, the European Union, the United States, and South Korea have maintained a growth momentum.

Since the implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) this year, trade dividends have continued to release. During the same period, the import and exports of the countries along the “Belt and Road” and the RCEP member countries increased by 19.8%and 7.5%, respectively, further deepening the regional economic interconnection and trade cooperation, and provided new momentum for regional economic recovery and development.

In order to make enterprises truly know, understand, and enjoy policy benefits, since this year, customs in the country have worked hard to promote and interpret RCEP's customs business. According to Wang Wei, deputy director of the Beijing Customs Customs Office, the customs has compiled and compiled and covers the issue of 14 categories of RCEP hotspots. It organizes the LCEP enjoyment policy and the live broadcast of the operation line to benefit more than 2,400 companies in Beijing.

Duan Tao, the general manager of China Textile International Clothing Co., Ltd., said that in the context of the epidemic, the company has been working hard to reduce the overall operating costs. "With the RCEP origin certificate issued by the customs, the tariffs of exported goods in Japan dropped from 10%to 8.2%, saving more than 100,000 yuan in the first half of the year, which made the company's foreign trade business more confident and confident."

From hats and glasses expand the market, to grab the "fresh" exit of Matsutake and Honey Pomelo, to the export of floor -to -floor robots, solar cells are exported overseas ... The effective stimulus of the vitality of foreign trade subjects is also considered an important reason for the continuous recovery of foreign trade growth. Essence

In the first seven months, the number of foreign trade enterprises with imports and exports in my country increased by 5.8%year -on -year. Among them, the import and export of private enterprises increased by 15.3%, accounting for 50%of my country's total foreign trade value, and continued to play the role of the "main force" of foreign trade.

Zhuang Rui said that under multiple pressures, private enterprises have achieved such achievements, which is inseparable from the national densely introduced relief policy measures and continuous optimized business environment. In the future, the vibrant development and huge development potential of private enterprises will also inject new impetus into my country's foreign trade development.

Through the latest release of data, although the foreign trade is stable and good, the development of foreign trade in my country is still facing some unstable and uncertain factors.

Zhuang Rui said that although the situation is still complicated, my country's economic toughness, sufficient potential, and long -term good fundamentals have not changed. With the implementation of a policy and measures for the stability of the country's economy, the re -production and resumption of production have been promoted in order. It is expected to continue to maintain stable growth.

[Editor in charge: Wang Yan]

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