In the first half of the year, foreign trade imports and exports increased by 13.6%, accounting for 60%of the province's total value.

The Yangtze River Daily Da Wuhan Client July 14 (Reporter Wang Wenhan Correspondent Van Siqi) On July 14, the reporter learned from a press conference held by the Provincial Government News Office that the total value of imports and exports in Hubei Province was 290.91 billion yuan in the first half of 2022, A year -on -year increase of 18.4%. The top four trading partners are ASEAN, the European Union, the United States, and Taiwan. Among them, Wuhan's foreign trade imports and exports were 174.87 billion yuan, an increase of 13.6%, accounting for 60.1%of the total import and export value of the province during the same period.

Yang Liangyong, deputy director of Wuhan Customs, introduced that in the first half of the year, Hubei exported 193.66 billion yuan, an increase of 27.9%; imports were 97.25 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2%. The scale of imports and exports hit a record high in the same period. On the basis of maintaining a double -digit growth last year, the import and export of Hubei Province in the first half of this year has achieved rapid growth. Hubei Province's foreign trade import and export has achieved positive growth year -on -year in 9 consecutive quarters since the second quarter of 2020. The best level at the same time. During the same period, the overall growth rate and export growth rate of imports and exports in Hubei Province were higher than the national average of 9 and 14.6 percentage points, respectively, ranking 9th and 12th nationwide, respectively.

The analysis found that private enterprises are the main force of the growth and export growth of foreign trade. In the first half of the year, the import and export of private enterprises in Hubei Province was 179.43 billion yuan, an increase of 27.7%, accounting for 61.7%of the total import and export value of the province during the same period, accounting for 4.5 percentage points in the same period last year.

In terms of commodity structure, the import and export and export of agricultural products have increased to varying degrees.

Yang Liangyong introduced that in the first half of the year, Hubei Province's foreign trade achieved steady progress. The start of the first quarter was stable, and the second quarter increased rapidly, laying a solid foundation for achieving the annual goals. However, the new coronary pneumonia's epidemic and international environment are still complicated and severe, and the uncertain factors in the unstable foreign trade development still exist. The competition in foreign trade development in various provinces in the central region is also continuously strengthened. Still facing new difficulties and challenges.

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