In September, Zhejiang's Foreign Trade Exports Reached A New High Month.

In the autumn of October, there was "good news" in Zhejiang's foreign trade. Hangzhou Customs announced the first 15 quarters of Zhejiang's foreign trade "transcript" in the first three quarters of September. The figures show that in September Zhejiang achieved a foreign trade export of US $21 billion 150 million, an increase of 6.4% over the same period last year, a quarter increase of 4.9%, and a monthly export value that hit a record high.

In the first three quarters, Zhejiang achieved a total import and export value of US $232 billion 850 million, an increase of 0.9% over the previous year, lower than the national average growth rate of 5.3 percentage points, exports 166 billion 730 million US dollars, an increase of 3% over the same period last year, and the import and export value ranks fifth in all provinces and municipalities nationwide.

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Driven by export growth in September, Zhejiang exported 166 billion 730 million US dollars in the first three quarters, up 3% over the same period last year.

From the main export markets, Zhejiang's exports to the United States, ASEAN and Russia have increased rapidly. On the other hand, Zhejiang's exports to the EU have dropped further. Among them, data show that furniture, household appliances and lamps and other middle end manufacturing products export performance is better, Christmas products exports increased significantly.

In the first three quarters, Zhejiang exported furniture, household appliances and lamps and lanterns to US $6 billion, $4 billion 180 million and US $2 billion 500 million, up 9.3%, 11.2% and 18%, respectively. Customs Statistics analysts said that in September, Zhejiang's export commodities showed obvious seasonality. With the advent of Christmas and new year's day, the export of Christmas products and other commodities increased sharply. In September, Zhejiang exported Christmas products to US $120 million, an increase of 53.4% over the same period last year, and exports of Christmas products in the first three quarters of US $340 million, an increase of 23.1% over the same period last year.

It is noteworthy that Zhejiang's traditional export commodities such as garments and textile yarns, which have been exported for a long time this year, showed signs of warming in September. Data show that in September, Zhejiang exported garments and textile yarn fabrics and products. shoes The US $2 billion 970 million, US $2 billion 760 million and US $750 million increased by 7.2%, 3% and 1.7%, respectively.

　 Import and export prices of raw materials and resource goods increased, and imports dropped by 4% compared with the same period last year.

In the first three quarters, Zhejiang imported 66 billion 120 million US dollars, down 4% compared with the same period last year, and the import value ranks sixth in all provinces and cities in China.

ASEAN's performance is "one of the best" in the main import market. Statistics show that in the first 3 quarters, Zhejiang Province imported 8 billion 290 million US dollars from ASEAN, an increase of 8.3% over the same period. In the same period, Zhejiang Province imported 8 billion 470 million, 8 billion 150 million US dollars and 7 billion 730 million US dollars from Japan, Taiwan and the European Union, down 3.3%, 7.1% and 8.6% respectively.

Raw materials and resource commodities Import price The decline has resulted in a decline in overall imports. Data show that the first 3 quarters of the year, Zhejiang imported iron ore, scrap metal, primary plastic and other 20 categories of raw materials and resources commodities 36 billion 660 million US dollars, down 1.6% compared to the same period last year, accounting for 55.5% of the total import value of the province. After January this year, the total import value dropped again.

Customs Statistics analysts say that the import price of raw material and resource commodities has dropped sharply, which has reduced the cost pressure of enterprises. However, the reduction of the increase in imports also reflects the impact of external demand, and the domestic economic activity needs to be improved.

In addition, the import of electromechanical products and high-tech products in Zhejiang in the first three quarters was 11 billion 980 million US dollars and 6 billion 560 million US dollars respectively, down 14.1% and 13.5% respectively from the same period last year.

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　　 The main force of Zhejiang's foreign trade -- private enterprises are eye-catching.

The main force of Zhejiang's foreign trade, the private sector, was eye-catching. In September, both import and export data reached a record high.

Data show that the first three quarters of Zhejiang's private enterprises import and export 132 billion 460 million US dollars, an increase of 5.1% over the previous year, higher than the province's import and export average growth rate of 4.2 percentage points, accounting for 56.9% of the total import and export value of the province.

Among them, private enterprises exported 103 billion 440 million US dollars, an increase of 6.8% over the same period last year, accounting for 62% of the total export value of the province. In September, the private enterprises in Zhejiang achieved import and export 16 billion 880 million US dollars and exported US $13 billion 480 million, up 5.3% and 10.5% respectively from the same period last year.

Thanks to the positive effects of the implementation of the national strategy such as the marine economy, the construction of the new islands, and the comprehensive supervision reform in Yiwu, the import and export of Zhoushan and Yiwu have achieved rapid growth. According to statistics, in the first three quarters, Zhoushan and Yiwu achieved import and export of US $11 billion 550 million and US $4 billion 450 million, up 18.8% and 53.6% respectively over the same period last year.

　　 "Export pilot index" shows that Zhejiang's foreign trade is bottoming up.

In response to the "bright color" shown in Zhejiang's foreign trade in September, the Hangzhou customs launched the "export pilot index" survey, which showed that in September, Zhejiang's export confidence index and the new export orders index rose.

According to the survey data, in September, the export index of enterprises in Zhejiang province (except Ningbo) was 32, up 1.5 from August. This is the first rebound since the decline in two consecutive months. The rise of the index reflects that the export of Zhejiang province shows a sign of bottom up.

Nevertheless, Customs Statistics experts said that the growth rate of foreign trade in September is closely related to seasonal factors. Overall, the world economy is still facing many uncertain factors, and the global foreign trade situation is still grim.