on August 4, Shaoshan customs heard that China Customs magazine published the list of "top 100 cities in China's foreign trade in 2019". Xiangtan ranked 49th, behind Changsha and Yueyang. This is the shortlist of Xiangtan for five consecutive years. Hunan also has Hengyang and Chenzhou finalists
in recent years, with the goal of building a" new highland of opening to the outside world", Xiangtan City has made great efforts to build an opening platform, formulate and improve policies, and accelerate the development of an open economy.
in 2019, Xiangtan city further simplified administration and delegated authority to foreign trade operators to all counties (cities) District and park, which is convenient for enterprises to register and change nearby. Grasp the platform to promote growth, focus on guiding and urging Haotong international, Hunan yidiangou and chenjin supply chain to provide integrated services for foreign trade enterprises, boost the development of foreign trade enterprises, promote the return of performance, and actively promote the construction of Xiangtan special area, a comprehensive service platform of "Hunan enterprises going to sea +". According to statistics, in 2019, the total import and export volume of Xiangtan city was 23.909 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%, ranking the sixth in the province. Among them, the export was 16.349 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.4%; Imports reached 7.559 billion yuan, an increase of 18.4% year-on-year
the main reason for the growth of total import and export volume is that on the one hand, the import and export volume of private enterprises in Xiangtan City has increased significantly, accounting for more than 60% of the city's import and export volume; On the other hand, the import and export of general trade and special customs supervision increased significantly. Among the import and export commodities, the main import commodities of Xiangtan City are iron ore, and the main export commodities are electromechanical products, steel and toys. The three categories of products account for more than 50% of the export commodities in total. In addition, Xiangtan City has attracted a number of foreign trade companies to set up offices in Xiangtan to carry out foreign trade business, and Xiangtan comprehensive insurance zone has used the platform to develop various businesses, which have contributed to Xiangtan's shortlist of China's top 100 foreign trade cities
the selection of China's top 100 foreign trade cities is completed by the Statistics Department of the General Administration of customs. It not only takes the total foreign trade volume of the city in the current year as the selection standard, but also comprehensively calculates the comprehensive competitiveness score of the city's foreign trade according to 25 indicators including five categories: horizontal competitiveness, structural competitiveness, benefit competitiveness, development competitiveness and potential competitiveness, which has strong professionalism and authority
source: Xiangtan online (ID: xtolcn)
Xiangtan daily all media reporter: Wu Hui correspondent Zhang Ying