In The First Half Of The Year, China'S Total Value Of Foreign Trade Import And Export Increased By 27.1% Year On Year

The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the morning of 13th. Li Kuiwen, spokesman of the General Administration of customs and director of the Department of statistics and analysis, introduced the import and export situation in the first half of 2021 and answered questions from reporters.

The following is the transcript:

Li Kuiwen, spokesman of the General Administration of customs and director of the Department of statistics and analysis

Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, good morning! Welcome to today's press conference. It's a pleasure to meet you again. First of all, I will inform you of China's foreign trade import and export situation in the first half of this year, and then I will answer your questions.

In the first half of this year, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, China's achievements in overall epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development continued to consolidate, and China's foreign trade imports and exports steadily improved and made good achievements. According to customs statistics, China's total value of imports and exports of goods in the first half of this year was 18.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 27.1% over the same period last year. Among them, exports reached 9.85 trillion yuan, an increase of 28.1%; Imports were 8.22 trillion yuan, up 25.9 percent. Compared with the same period in 2019, the import and export, export and import increased by 22.8%, 23.8% and 21.7% respectively. Specifically, it has the following six characteristics:

First, imports and exports have been growing year on year for 13 consecutive months. In June, China's foreign trade import and export reached 3.29 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22%. Since June 2020, China has achieved a year-on-year positive growth for the 13th consecutive month.

Second, the growth momentum of import and export with major trading partners is good. In the first half of the year, China's imports and exports to ASEAN, the European Union and the United States were 2.66 trillion yuan, 2.52 trillion yuan and 2.21 trillion yuan, respectively, increasing by 27.8%, 26.7% and 34.6% respectively; Imports and exports to Japan reached 1.18 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.5%. Over the same period, China's import and export to countries along the belt and road and RCEP trading partners increased by 27.5% and 22.7% respectively.

Third, the import and export of general trade increased rapidly. In the first half of the year, China's general trade import and export reached 11.19 trillion yuan, an increase of 30.7%, accounting for 61.9% of China's total foreign trade value, an increase of 1.7 percentage points over the same period last year; Among them, exports reached 6.02 trillion yuan, an increase of 32.1 percent; Imports were 5.17 trillion yuan, up 29.2%. Over the same period, the import and export of processing trade reached 3.89 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.8%, accounting for 21.5%.

Fourth, the status of private enterprises as the main force has been further consolidated. In the first half of the year, the import and export of China's private enterprises reached 8.64 trillion yuan, an increase of 35.1%, accounting for 47.8% of China's total foreign trade value, an increase of 2.8 percentage points over the same period last year, and continued to be the largest foreign trade business entity in China. Over the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises reached 6.61 trillion yuan, an increase of 19%; The import and export of state-owned enterprises reached 2.75 trillion yuan, an increase of 23.8%.

Fifth, the export proportion of mechanical and electrical products increased. In the first half of the year, China's export of mechanical and electrical products reached 5.83 trillion yuan, an increase of 29.5%, accounting for 59.2% of the total export value, an increase of 0.6 percentage points over the same period last year; Among them, the export of automatic data processing equipment and its parts, mobile phones and automobiles increased by 17%, 23.3% and 101.4% respectively. Over the same period, the export of labor-intensive products increased by 17.1%, and pharmaceutical materials and drugs increased by 93.6%.

Sixth, imports of iron ore, natural gas and other bulk commodities increased. In the first half of the year, China imported 561 million tons of iron ore, an increase of 2.6 percent; Natural gas reached 59.819 million tons, an increase of 23.8 percent; Soybean 48.955 million tons, an increase of 8.7%; 15.502 million tons of corn increased by 318.5%; Wheat was 5.368 million tons, an increase of 60.1%. Over the same period, imports of crude oil totaled 261 million tons, a decrease of 3%.

On the whole, China's foreign trade in the first half of last year continued the good momentum of the second half of last year, with a rapid growth rate, which laid a good foundation for the steady and qualitative increase of foreign trade volume in the whole year. The customs will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping's Thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, earnestly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech at the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, base on the new development stage, implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, and conscientiously implement the deployment of "six stabilities" and "six guarantees", We will take more effective measures to promote the high-quality development of foreign trade, and ensure that foreign trade in the "14th five year plan" will start a good start.