Ministry Of Commerce: The Impact Of The Epidemic On Imports And Exports Is Temporary And Phased.

Xinhua news agency, Beijing, March, 5 (reporter Chen Weiwei and Wang Yuxiao) Li Xingqian, director of the foreign trade division of the Ministry of Commerce, 5, said that the import and export will fluctuate in the first quarter of the year due to the influence of the Spring Festival. This year, coupled with the influence of epidemic factors, fluctuations in import and export are inevitable, but the impact is temporary and phased. Change.

Li Xingqian, speaking at an online regular press conference held on the same day by the Ministry of Commerce, said that from the perspective of local and industry, foreign trade enterprises were faced with common problems such as difficulty in resuming work and difficult transportation, but also faced with external problems such as difficulty in receiving orders, difficult performance, poor international logistics and increased trade barriers.

He said that in order to minimize the impact of the epidemic on the development of foreign trade, the Ministry of Commerce and other local departments and departments have issued a steady foreign trade policy, making comprehensive use of financial, financial and export credit guarantee measures to support foreign trade enterprises in resuming work and resuming production, protecting the market and ensuring orders. At present, the progress of resuming work and resuming production has been speeded up. The key foreign trade enterprises in Zhejiang and Tianjin have resumed 100% jobs, and the recovery rate in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong and Chongqing exceeds 70%. With the effect of various stable foreign trade policies and measures, enterprises in various places have resumed their work smoothly and resumed production, and the import and export of the whole country has seen a positive momentum of recovery growth.

Li Xingqian said that the Ministry of Commerce will make full efforts to stabilize the basic foreign trade market, enrich the policy toolbox, make more precise support for enterprises, support the rapid development of new formats of foreign trade, do well in the work of resuming and resuming production of leading enterprises, maintain the stability of the global supply chain, and contribute to the healthy development of Global trade.

Li Xingqian also said that the Ministry of Commerce has continued to track and study the impact and challenges of the epidemic on international trade, and has adopted a series of policy measures to counter adverse effects. It will also introduce targeted measures to protect and stabilize the industrial chain and supply chain. China has the largest and most complete and complete manufacturing system in the world, and the advantage of the complete industrial chain is irreplaceable. China's position in the global industrial chain and supply chain will not change.