Main Features Of China'S Foreign Trade In April

On the 17 day, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference.

Shen Danyang, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said that from 1 to April, the total value of China's imports and exports was 7 trillion and 167 billion 100 million yuan, down 4.4% from the same period last year.

Among them, exports of 4 trillion and 137 billion 360 million yuan, down 2.1%; imports of 3 trillion and 29 billion 740 million U. s.dollars, down 7.5%.

From the monthly data, the export growth in April was 4.1%, increasing for two consecutive months.

The main features of foreign trade in April are as follows:

First, exports have been growing for two consecutive months.

In April, China's exports continued to grow, although the growth rate dropped 14.6 percentage points from last month, but the growth rate was 7.2%.

Two is the traditional market export stabilization.

In April, my exports to ASEAN, EU and South Korea increased by 12.6%, 9.7% and 3.8% respectively, and exports to the US and Japan decreased by 3.8% and 6.2% respectively.

Exports to some countries related to "one belt and one road" have maintained growth, and exports to Philippines, Thailand and India have maintained growth.

The three is general.

It is growing for two consecutive months.

In April, general trade exports increased by 8.1%, accounting for 2.1 percentage points of the total export volume.

The export of processing trade has dropped by 8.2%, which has been negative for 14 consecutive months, and has slowed down the overall export growth by 2.9 percentage points.

The four is labor intensive.

Exports are better than mechanical and electrical products.

Seven categories of labor-intensive products exported 232 billion 700 million yuan, an increase of 11.8%, an increase of 7.7 percentage points higher than the total exports, of which toys, plastic products and

They increased by 22.7%, 17.3% and 16.9% respectively.

Mechanical and electrical products exported 649 billion 900 million yuan, an increase of 3%.

The export of high-tech products was 310 billion 700 million yuan, an increase of 0.8%.

Five, private enterprises have become the main force of export growth.

The export of private enterprises increased by 17.3%, accounting for 47.3%, while the export of state-owned enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises decreased by 2.5% and 4.9% respectively.

Six, export stabilization in the eastern region.

The eastern region's exports increased by 5.4%, representing an increase of 1.1 percentage points in the total export volume.

Exports in the central and western regions dropped by 7.5%.