the latest statistics of Huai'an Customs show that from January to February this year, the city's foreign trade import and export reached 3.89 billion yuan, a decrease of 12%. Among them, the import and export of foreign trade in January was 2.74 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%. The import and export of foreign trade in February was 1.15 billion yuan, a decrease of 35.7%, of which the export was 630 million yuan, a decrease of 55.5%; The import was 520 million yuan, an increase of 41.6%, ranking the second in the province
"grab out before the year and grab in after the year" is particularly obvious this year. This year's Spring Festival holiday is located in late January, and enterprises rush out before the festival. In January, the city's foreign trade export increased significantly by 22.6%. In February, despite the late resumption of work and production due to the COVID-19, the demand for external orders was still strong, and enterprises rushed into production raw materials to start production. In February, the city's foreign trade import increased by 41.6%, which laid a good foundation for enterprises to resume production after the epidemic stabilized
■ financial media reporter Tang Xiaowei