Foreign Trade Orders Are Not Booming. Export Situation Is Grim.

　　 Orders are not booming. foreign trade "Guarantee ten" is worrying

The severe foreign trade situation has caused high-level and competent departments to worry. Recently, the State Council and the Ministry of Commerce have investigated the foreign trade situation densely. Insider analysis, at present, the busy season of export orders is widespread in the traditional export provinces. The foreign trade situation may be even worse than expected at the beginning of the year, and the annual "ten guarantee" pressure is great.

Experts said that foreign trade has entered a period of slow growth. On the 23 day, the Executive Council of the State Council pointed out that we should stabilize and improve export policies, support enterprises to actively explore the market, and promote stable growth of foreign trade, and again release a strong signal of "steady growth". It is learnt that the Ministry of Commerce, as the competent foreign trade department, will also increase its support for export enterprises, and at the same time, policies will boost the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade.

　　 Intensive research and export situation is more severe than expected.

"Now it seems that the foreign trade situation may be worse than expected at the beginning of the year." Ministry of Commerce insiders told reporters. 10%, China's foreign trade growth target set at the beginning of this year. Now, under the severe foreign trade situation, this goal has achieved great pressure.

According to the latest foreign trade data, the growth rate of import and export in April both fell year-on-year, and the monthly import and export in April also appeared a rare low growth since 2010. The recent closing of the Canton Fair has also seen a rare decline in recent years. This is contrary to the expectation that the two quarter foreign trade situation will start to improve.

The grim foreign trade situation has caused high-level and competent departments to worry about the recent foreign trade situation. On from February 9th to 11th, commerce secretary Chen Deming studied and hosted a forum on import and export situation in Anhui. In February 20th, the Ministry of Commerce held a national conference on import and export in Nanchang. In depth analysis of the domestic and foreign situation facing foreign trade development, research and deployment of foreign trade work in 2012.

From March 31st to April 1st, Vice Premier Wang Qishan visited Zhejiang and held a symposium on the foreign trade situation of seven provinces and cities in East China. On April 12th, Vice Minister of Commerce and deputy representative of international trade negotiations visited Zijin Mountain, and held a special meeting on foreign trade situation during the Canton Fair. In May, during the seventh China Fair, the Ministry of Commerce convened a number of participating enterprises to hold a symposium on foreign trade situation to understand the situation and listen to suggestions.

In May 20th, Premier Wen Jiabao visited Hubei and held a symposium on economic situation in six provinces. On May 23rd, the Executive Council of the State Council pointed out that the export policy should be stabilized and improved so as to support enterprises to actively explore the market and promote stable growth of foreign trade.

Shen Danyang, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce, said recently that factors such as shrinking external demand, rising domestic factor costs and increasing trade frictions still led to the slow growth of foreign trade. According to the foreign trade data in April, "the external demand situation is even lower than we expected, and even worse, especially the demand of the European Union as China's largest trading partner."

In the short term, China's foreign trade situation is still hard to say. Recently, reporters in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong found that the two quarter of the year is usually the peak period of foreign trade orders, but this year the situation is not optimistic. Zhejiang family Textile enterprises Last year, exports amounted to 400 million yuan, of which 90% were exported to Europe and the United States. The company's head said that orders had been reduced by 10% this year. "Now it should be the most productive season, but orders are still insufficient. The company has not been fully loaded this year." Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce's follow-up survey of more than 1800 provincial key enterprises showed that the proportion of export orders increased and flat in April was 68.7%, down 11.7 percentage points from the same period last year.