Customs General Administration: In The First Half Of The Year, Clothing And Other 7 Products Exported 1 Trillion And 330 Billion Yuan.

< p > the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference in July 10th, and the director general of the General Administration of customs and general statistics department, Zheng Yue Sheng, introduced the import and export situation in the first half of 2014.

He said imports and exports, exports and imports increased by 1.2%, 0.9% and 1.5% respectively over the first half of last year.

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< p > < a href= "http://sjfzxm.com/news/index_cj.as > > Zheng Yuesheng < /a >: < /p >

< p > ladies and gentlemen, good morning.

You are welcome to attend today's press conference and I am very pleased to meet you again.

Today I will first inform you about the import and export of foreign trade in the first half of this year, and then I will answer your questions.

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Below P below, the data I have released are, in addition to special description, customs statistics denominated in RMB (6.1966, -0.0028, -0.05%). At the same time, we still keep statistics in US dollars.

You can inquire through the website of the General Administration of customs or the monthly statistics of customs.

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< p > in recent years, the world economic situation is still complex, and the domestic economy is running smoothly and steadily.

China's foreign trade imports and exports also showed a gradual warming trend.

According to customs statistics, in the first half of 2014, the total value of China's imports and exports was 12 trillion and 400 billion yuan, down 0.9% from the same period last year, of which exports were 6 trillion and 500 billion yuan, down 1.2%; imports 5 trillion and 900 billion yuan, down 0.6%; trade surplus 630 billion 610 million yuan, narrowed 6.5%.

In the first half of the year, imports and exports, exports and imports increased by 1.2%, 0.9% and 1.5% respectively.

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< p > the main situation of foreign trade and import and export in the first half of this year: < /p >

< p > 1. Import and export show a gradual warming trend.

In the first quarter, China's import and export value was 5 trillion and 900 billion yuan, down 3.8%.

In the two quarter, imports and exports reached 6 trillion and 500 billion yuan, an increase of 1.8%.

Among them, in May, China's foreign trade import and export growth slowed down from 1.4% in April to 1.5%, and further expanded to 5.6% in June.

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< p > two, general trade grew steadily, and processing trade decreased slightly.

China's general trade imports and exports 6 trillion and 800 billion yuan, an increase of 5.1%, accounting for 55% of the total value of imports and exports.

Over the same period, import and export of processing trade reached 3 trillion and 900 billion yuan, down 3.7%, accounting for 31.6%.

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< p > three, bilateral trade growth for major trading partners.

The total value of bilateral trade between China and the EU is 1 trillion and 790 billion yuan, an increase of 9.6%, accounting for 14.4% of the total value of imports and exports.

Bilateral trade with the United States totaled 1 trillion and 570 billion yuan, an increase of 2.8%, accounting for 12.7%.

Bilateral trade with ASEAN totaled 1 trillion and 350 billion yuan, an increase of 2.6%, accounting for 10.9%.

Bilateral trade with Japan totaled 930 billion yuan, an increase of 1.3%, accounting for 7.5%.

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< p > bilateral trade between the mainland and Hongkong was 980 billion yuan, down 24.1%, accounting for 7.9% of the total value of imports and exports of the mainland.

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< p > four, the proportion of foreign trade in 7 provinces and cities such as Guangdong and Jiangsu has dropped, and the export trade between the central and western regions has maintained a strong momentum.

The total value of Guangdong's imports and exports is 2 trillion and 900 billion yuan, ranking first in the country.

Over the same period, the total import and export value of Jiangsu and Shanghai was 1 trillion and 680 billion yuan and 1 trillion and 370 billion yuan respectively, while the import and export of Beijing (including central Beijing units) was 1 trillion and 300 billion yuan.

In addition, the total import and export value of Zhejiang, Shandong and Fujian were 1 trillion and 40 billion, 846 billion 50 million and 508 billion 990 million yuan respectively.

The total import and export value of the 7 provinces and cities accounted for 77.8% of the total value of imports and exports, down 2.2 percentage points from the same period last year.

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In terms of exports, the export growth rates of central and western provinces such as Chongqing, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Hunan were 27.1%, 9.4%, 8%, 42% and 24.4%, respectively, significantly higher than the overall growth rate of China's exports in the same period p.

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< p > five, the growth of import and export of foreign-invested enterprises and state-owned enterprises, and the decline in import and export of private enterprises.

Foreign investment enterprises import and export 5 trillion and 700 billion yuan, an increase of 0.5%, accounting for 46% of our total foreign trade.

Private enterprises import and export 4 trillion and 160 billion yuan, down 1.2%, accounting for 33.6%.

Over the same period, imports and exports of state-owned enterprises increased by 1.1%, or 2 trillion and 290 billion yuan, accounting for 18.5%.

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P > six, the export of mechanical and electrical products declined, and the export of traditional labor intensive products increased slightly.

China's exports of mechanical and electrical products 3 trillion and 670 billion yuan, down 3.6%, accounting for 56.4% of the total value of our exports.

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< p > the same period, clothing, textiles, footwear, furniture, plastic products, bags, toys and other 7 categories of labor-intensive products total exports 1 trillion and 330 billion yuan, an increase of 1.3%, accounting for 20.4%.

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< p > seven, imports of energy and resources products increased and prices fell.

China imported 4.6 million tons of iron ore, an increase of 19.1%, an import coal of 1.6 million tons, an increase of 0.9%, an import crude oil of 1.5 million tons, an increase of 10.2%, an import soybean 34 million 207 thousand tons, an increase of 24.4%, and imports of 2 million 522 thousand tons of copper, an increase of 25.9%.

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< p > the average import price of these commodities generally declined, of which the average price of iron ore imports fell 13.4%, coal fell 15.4%, crude oil fell 2.1%, soybeans fell 4.3%, and copper fell 9.7%.

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< p > eight, the export leading index shows that the growth of export will accelerate in the future.

In June, the leading index of China's foreign trade was 42.2, down 0.1 from its highest level in May, the highest level in the past two years.

The two quarter's average index was 42.1, up 0.5 from 41.6 in the first quarter. We expect that in the three quarter, China's export growth will accelerate in the two quarter, but the growth rate will fluctuate slightly in a single month.

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