Creating a record high!In the first half of the year, the city's import and export of 40.79 billion yuan

According to the statistics of Shantou Customs, in the first half of this year, Shantou's import and export of 40.79 billion yuan, exceeding 40 billion yuan for the first time, a record high, a year -on -year increase of 7.6%, which was 4.8 percentage points higher than the same period of the province;100 million yuan, an increase of 8.8%; imports were 7.29 billion yuan, an increase of 2.2%.

It is understood that in the first half of the year, Shantou's foreign trade mainly presented three highlights: First, the development of new formats accelerated and the scale of market procurement expanded.In the first half of the year, imports and exports were 38.09 billion yuan in general trade, an increase of 3.8%, accounting for 93.4%of the total import and export value of Shantou in the same period.During the same period, market procurement exports were 1.49 billion yuan, a significant increase of 53 times.Second, labor -intensive products such as toys and clothing have increased rapidly.In the first half of the year, the export labor -intensive products were 16.83 billion yuan, an increase of 26%, accounting for 50.2%of the total export value of Shantou City during the same period.Third, liquefied petroleum gas, dry fresh melon and nuts have significant effects on imports.In the first half of the year, the imported liquefied petroleum gas was 1.45 billion yuan, an increase of 94.2%; the imported dried fresh melon and nuts were 1.07 billion yuan, an increase of 10.5%, and the total growth rate of imports was 11.3 percentage points.

(Source: Shantou Daily)

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