Guangdong's Foreign Trade Imports And Exports Increased By 30% In The First Quarter

　　 data Shows Guangdong Province in the first quarter of this year. Import and export The total trade value was $201 billion 220 million, an increase of 31.3% over the same period last year, higher than the 29.5% growth in the whole country. Range 。

According to statistics released by customs Guangdong branch on 14 th, Guangdong import and export in the first quarter of this year Trade The total value is US $201 billion 220 million, an increase of 31.3% over the same period last year, which is higher than the national growth rate of 29.5%. In the first quarter of the year, China showed a trade deficit of US $1 billion 20 million. Guangdong's trade surplus in the first quarter was still US $28 billion 880 million, a huge increase of over 50%.

Data show that Guangdong Exports in the first quarter amounted to US $115 billion 50 million, an increase of more than 30%, and imports of US $86 billion 170 million increased by nearly 30%. Among them, Guangdong imported $33 billion 670 million in March, an increase of 20%, creating a new high in Guangdong's monthly import value.

According to statistics, from 1 to March this year, Guangdong's foreign trade grew steadily and rapidly, and the growth rate of foreign trade imports and exports was higher than the national level for three consecutive months. In the first quarter, the total value of Guangdong's foreign trade and imports remained the top in China's foreign trade, and the growth rate of imports and exports was 1.8 percentage points higher than that of the whole country and 7.4 percentage points respectively.

In terms of bilateral trade, Hongkong, the United States and the European Union remain the top three trading partners in Guangdong in the first quarter. Guangdong's total trade volume with Hongkong and the United States was 42 billion 20 million US dollars and US $22 billion 730 million respectively, increasing by 50% and 22% respectively, while Guangdong's imports and exports to the European Union continued to be depressed, with a total trade value of 22 billion 440 million US dollars, with a growth rate of only 16%. The total value of Guangdong's trade with Japan was 17 billion 460 million US dollars, up 21% over the same period last year.

According to customs officials, Guangdong's trade surplus in the first quarter of this year was determined by the larger trade structure of Guangdong's processing trade. Processing trade accounts for nearly 60% of Guangdong's foreign trade. In the first quarter of this year, the surplus of processing trade in Guangdong amounted to 24 billion 170 million US dollars, while the general trade surplus was only 7 billion 820 million US dollars.