Foreign trade imports and exports have been growing up year -on -year for eight consecutive quarters?Analysis of the General Administration of Customs

Cover news reporter Teng Yan

On July 13th, the National New Office held a press conference in the first half of 2022. Li Kuiwen, spokesman and director of the Department of Statistics, said that in the first half of the year, China's foreign trade imports and exports increased steadily. Realizing a positive growth year -on -year, the scale of foreign trade has increased steadily, reaching 1.98 trillion yuan.

▲ Li Kuiwen, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs and Director of Statistics Analysis (Picture Source: Guoxin.com)

Li Kuiwen pointed out that the main factors to support foreign trade growth are relatively stable in international market demand. Since the beginning of this year, although the new crown pneumonia and the Ukraine crisis have led to increasing external environmental risks, in general, the global economy still shows a recovery trend, and the international market demand has remained stable. In the first half of the year, the exports of Chinese electrical equipment, integrated circuits, and automobiles increased by 24.8%, 16.4%, and 51.1%, respectively, and labor -intensive products such as textile clothing, plastic products, and shoes increased by 10.8%, 14.9%, and 31.4%, respectively.

Second, domestic production demand is sufficient. Since the beginning of this year, efficiently coordinates the prevention and control of the epidemic and the development of economic and social development, stabilize the macroeconomic market, and gradually resume domestic production demand. In the first half of the year, the imports of Chinese copper, basic organic chemicals, and integrated circuits increased by 16.2%, 7.9%, and 5.5%, respectively.

Third, imports and exports in some areas have quickly resumed the basic market for stabilizing foreign trade. Since the beginning of this year, local epidemic conditions have occurred in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, and Northeast China, and foreign trade imports and exports in related regions have fallen. In May, imports and exports in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, and Northern region increased by 4.8%, 2.8%, and 12.2%year -on -year, and the growth rates increased further to 14.9%, 6.4%, and 12.8%in June.

Fourth, the vitality of the market subject is effectively stimulated. In the first half of this year, the number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance increased by 5.5%year -on -year. The import and export of various foreign trade entities remained increased. Among them 6.5 percentage points.

"In addition, the high -level operation of international commodities has also driven the growth of import values ​​to a certain extent." Li Kuiwen said that in the first half of the year, the Reuters CRB index that reflects the price of commodity in the international market exceeded 25%. In this context, Chinese crude oil The average import price of some commodities such as natural gas and coal shows a significant increase in the year -on -year price, and increases the growth rate of overall import value.

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