Zhanjiang's Foreign Trade Growth Led Guangdong

I learned from the Zhanjiang customs today, in the first 8 months of this year, Zhanjiang The import and export volume of the city's foreign trade amounted to US $2 billion 710 million, up 42.3% compared with the same period last year, of which imports amounted to US $1 billion 510 million, an increase of 60.8%, with an export volume of US $1 billion 200 million, an increase of 24.3%.

Customs statistics show that in the first 8 months of this year, Zhanjiang's foreign trade import and export volume was US $2 billion 710 million, ranking thirteenth in the 21 cities of the province, increasing by 42.3%, ranking first in the province, 19.9 percentage points higher than the average growth rate in the whole province, and 17 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate.

Statistics show that the import and export volume of Zhanjiang has shown a trend of shock this year. The monthly import and export volume rose from $280 million in January to $450 million in April. Then it experienced a relatively low 330 million in July and a 420 million US dollar in August, an increase of 13.2% over the same period last year and a 25.8% increase over the same period.

In terms of trade mode, in the first 8 months of this year, Zhanjiang was in general. Trade The mode of imports and exports was 2 billion 360 million US dollars, an increase of 43.8%, accounting for 87.2% of the total foreign trade and import and export volume of Zhanjiang. The import and export goods in the customs special supervision area increased by 1.7 times, and the import and export goods in processing trade amounted to 160 million US dollars, down 13.4%.

In terms of import and export commodities, the main imports are crude oil, papermaking machinery and cotton, of which imports of crude oil amount to 760 million US dollars, an increase of 92.2%; imports of paper making machinery 120 million US dollars, an increase of 4.8 times; imports of cotton 56 million 944 thousand US dollars, an increase of 35.5%. The above 3 kinds of commodities account for 62.3% of the total import of Zhanjiang. The main export commodities are water, seafood, furniture and textiles. Among them, export water and seafood were 370 million dollars, an increase of 13.5%; export furniture was 150 million dollars, an increase of 33.2%; export textiles 81 million 524 thousand dollars, an increase of 7%. The exports of the above 3 commodities account for 49.9% of the total export volume of Zhanjiang. The main import markets are the UAE, the European Union, Angola and Nigeria, and the main export markets are the United States, ASEAN, the European Union and India.

It is understood that in order to further promote Zhanjiang With the rapid development of the foreign trade economy in Zhanjiang, in recent years, the customs of Zhanjiang has classified customs clearance of imported goods with the aim of enhancing the overall business capacity of the customs. It has implemented a series of convenient measures for the enterprises of high prestige to pre classify and pre evaluate the price, so as to continue the 5+2 appointment for 24 hours, and has signed a closer cooperation mechanism agreement with the Zhanjiang municipal government, the Zhanjiang Economic Development Zone, the Zhanjiang entry exit inspection and Quarantine Bureau and the Zhanjiang port group.

In addition, it has established a regional clearance cooperation mechanism with 17 customs offices directly under the central government of Chengdu, Guizhou and Changsha, and extended the port function of Zhanjiang to the mainland.