In the first half of the year, foreign trade is stable and stronger.

[Report from the press conference from the National New Office]

On July 13, the General Administration of Customs issued statistics. In the first half of this year, the total value of import and export of goods trade was 1.98 trillion yuan, a year -on -year increase of 9.4%. my country's efficient coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, focusing on stabilizing the macroeconomic market, and steadily increased foreign trade import and export.

Foreign trade is growing for 8 consecutive quarters

"In the first half of the year, the import and export of my country's foreign trade showed a strong toughness. In the first quarter, it started steadily. In May and June, it quickly reversed the trend of decline in the growth rate in April, laying a solid foundation for the overall foreign trade stability and quality." Customs Li Kuiwen, spokesman for the General Administration of General Administration and Director of Statistics Analysis, said at the press conference of the New National Office.

Although facing a new challenge brought by the severe and complex external environment and the domestic epidemic, the scale of my country's foreign trade has still increased steadily, and it has achieved positive growth of the year -on -year period for eight consecutive quarters. In May, the import and export of foreign trade in my country increased by 9.5%year -on -year, the growth rate accelerated by 9.4 percentage points compared with April, and the growth rate in June further increased to 14.3%.

In the first half of the year, my country imports and exports of 2.95 trillion yuan, 2.71 trillion yuan, and 2.47 trillion yuan in China, the EU, and the United States, respectively, respectively, respectively, with an increase of 10.6%, 7.5%, and 11.7%, which maintained the growth and export of major trading partners. During the same period, the import and exports of RCEP trading partners along the “Belt and Road” and RCEP trading partners increased by 17.8%and 5.6%, respectively.

Since the beginning of this year, my country has introduced a policy of stabilizing the economy. The General Administration of Customs has introduced some measures to promote the improvement of the quality and quality of foreign trade and the cost of further helping the enterprise to help the enterprise. The customs also proposed 854 detailed support measures in accordance with the actual and corporate demands of the customs district to fully support the growth of foreign trade stable growth Essence

With the implementation of a policies and measures for the stability of the country's economy, and the work of foreign trade and stability and other tasks accelerated, the vitality of my country's foreign trade market was effectively stimulated. In the first half of the year, my country had 506,000 foreign trade enterprises with imports and exports, an increase of 5.5%year -on -year. The import and export of various foreign trade entities has maintained an increase in import and export, of which the import and export of private enterprises increased by 13.6%, 4.2 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate, driving my country's foreign trade growth by 6.5 percentage points.

Entrance and export in the Yangtze River Delta quickly rebound

"Since May, with the overall domestic epidemic prevention and control situation, the effects of various stable growth policies have gradually emerged, and the re -production and re -production of foreign trade enterprises has been promoted in an orderly manner. The speed is obviously rising. "Li Kuiwen said.

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. But it is gratifying that these areas quickly overcome the impact of the epidemic, and the growth rate of monthly foreign trade imports and exports quickly turned from negative to positive and recovered. While showing the strong toughness of local foreign trade development, it has also effectively maintained the basic market for the steady growth of foreign trade in the country. 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.

Data show that in the first half of this year, the total imports and exports of three provinces and one city in the three provinces of the Yangtze River Delta region were 7.14 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.3%year -on -year. Among them, the import and export in June was 1.39 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.9%year -on -year, which was 0.6 percentage points higher than the overall national growth rate of the same period, and the contribution rate to the growth of national foreign trade was nearly 40%. From the perspective of specific provinces and cities, in June, the import and exports of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang increased by 19.7%, 17.5%, and 16%year -on -year, respectively, which were higher than the overall growth rate of 5.4, 3.2, and 1.7 percentage points in the same period; especially for the epidemic situation; Shanghai, which has the most serious influence, has returned to the export and export in June to grow positively. The month of the month increased by 9.6%year -on -year and a month -on -month increase of 35.6%.

Foreign trade is expected to continue to maintain stable growth

"At present, the new crown pneumonia's epidemic and international environment are more severe and complicated. The development of foreign trade in my country still faces some unstable and uncertain factors. The long -term good fundamentals have not changed. "Li Kuiwen said that with the implementation of a policy and measures for the stability of the country's economy, the resumption of work and re -production has been promoted in an orderly manner, and my country's foreign trade is still expected to continue to maintain stable growth.

Since the beginning of this year, in the face of the complicated and severe external environment and the economic downward pressure brought about by the impact of the domestic epidemic, the Party Central Committee efficiently coordinate the prevention and control of the epidemic and the development of economic and social development, actively stabilize the macroeconomic market, and gradually resume domestic production demand. Provide strong support. The main factors to support my country's foreign trade growth in the first half of the year are the relatively stable demand in the international market, and the potential for domestic production demand is sufficient. In addition, the high -level operation of international commodities also drives the growth of import values ​​to a certain extent.

"At present, my country's foreign trade development faces some unstable and uncertain factors, but there are many favorable factors, and it still has a solid foundation for promoting foreign trade to maintain stability." Li Kuiwen pointed out that the demand for international markets is relatively stable, which provides vast exports for China's exports. space. Although there are still some unstable and uncertain factors, domestic production demand has gradually resumed better, and the enterprise has re -re -re -re -reaching production, and the import and export in the second half of the year will maintain a stable growth. In the next step, the customs will continue to pay close attention to the implementation of various policies and measures, and strive to promote the preservation and quality of foreign trade.

(Reporter Zhang Yi)

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