The New Development Momentum Of Foreign Trade Import And Export Structure Optimization Is Accumulating.

20, reporters learned from the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce spokesman Shen Danyang at a regular press conference held today, according to customs statistics, 1-8 months, the national import and export 15 trillion and 400 billion yuan, down 1.8%.

Among them, exports were 8 trillion and 800 billion yuan, down 1%; imports 6 trillion and 500 billion yuan, down 2.9%.

Although the growth rate of import and export of foreign trade is still negative growth, but with the gradual improvement of the policies and measures of the country in promoting the stability of foreign trade, the decline in import and export continues to narrow, the structure is further optimized, and the new development momentum is accumulating, and China's foreign trade continues to maintain a stable trend.

Shen Danyang pointed out that before August, foreign trade mainly presented the following characteristics:

First, from the perspective of growth.

The decline continued to narrow.

In August, monthly exports and imports increased by 5.9% and 10.8% respectively, and for the first time since November 2014, exports and imports have been "double litre" for the first time.

From the export point of view, the cumulative decline in export volume has narrowed for 6 consecutive months since March.

From the point of view of imports, the monthly import growth in August was the largest monthly increase in 3 years, due to the superposition of factors such as low base last year and stable commodity prices.

Two, from the perspective of enterprises, private enterprises are still the main force of export.

In 1-8 months, the export volume of private enterprises increased by 3.3%, accounting for 46.7% of the total export volume of the whole country, which was 1.8 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year.

Exports of foreign-funded enterprises and state owned enterprises decreased by 4.2% and 6.1% respectively.

Three, from the perspective of trade, general trade exports have maintained positive growth.

In 1-8 months, general trade exports increased by 1.3%, accounting for 55.5% of the country's foreign trade exports.

The export volume of processing trade decreased by 6.8%, but in August it increased by 0.4% in a single month, and the monthly positive growth was achieved after 17 months.

Four, from the perspective of market layout, the EU, Japan and so on.

Exports have stabilized.

In 1-8 months, I achieved positive growth in exports to the EU and Japan, up by 2.8% and 0.9% respectively.

Exports to some countries related to "one belt and one road" have achieved positive growth, and exports to Philippines, Russia, India and Thailand have increased by 25.9%, 16%, 8.7% and 8.7% respectively.

Five, from the perspective of major commodities, the export of large sets and high value-added products has maintained a positive growth.

In 1-8 months, the export of large complete sets of equipment increased by about 10%.

In the month of August, the export of mechanical and electrical products increased by 5.3%, of which the exports of automobiles, auto parts, motors and generators increased by 23.5%, 20.6% and 14.2% respectively.

The six is from the new type of foreign trade.

Look, cross-border electricity providers maintain fast growth.

In the 1-8 month, the cross-border electricity supplier, the market purchase trade, the foreign trade comprehensive service enterprise continued to maintain the relatively fast growth trend, and is becoming the new growth point of foreign trade.

Seven, from the point of view of imports, the quality and efficiency of imports have been further enhanced.

In the 1-8 month, the import volume of 10 types of bulk commodities, such as crude oil, iron ore, natural gas, copper and copper concentrates increased, and the total amount of imports decreased by 410 billion yuan.