source: financial investment report
according to Chengdu Customs statistics, in the first half of 2018, the total import and export value of goods trade in Sichuan was 249.91 billion yuan, an increase of 24.9% over the same period last year, higher than the overall import and export growth of the whole country in the same period. Among them, the export was 134.41 billion yuan, an increase of 27.5%; Imports reached 115.5 billion yuan, an increase of 21.9%. In dollar terms, in the first half of the year, Sichuan achieved a total import and export value of 39.07 billion US dollars, an increase of 34.3%. Among them, the export was US $21.02 billion, an increase of 37.3%; Imports reached US $18.05 billion, an increase of 31.1%
according to Wu Jian, spokesman of Chengdu Customs, Sichuan's foreign trade import and export mainly had six characteristics in the first half of the year
processing trade accounts for nearly 60%, which is the main force driving the growth of foreign trade; The export goods of foreign contracted projects increased rapidly. In the first half of this year, Sichuan's import and export through processing trade continued the rapid growth momentum since last year, with a substantial increase of 30.7%. In addition, with the vigorous promotion of the "the Belt and Road" initiative, the export of goods from foreign contracted projects reached 2.81 billion yuan, a rapid increase of 48.1%
the growth of countries along the "the Belt and Road" is significantly better than the overall growth. With the in-depth promotion of the "the Belt and Road" initiative, the import and export of Sichuan and countries along the belt and road continued to maintain a rapid growth momentum, with the import and export value reaching 72.46 billion yuan, an increase of 33.6%, significantly better than the overall import and export growth of the province in the same period
foreign invested enterprises are the main force of import and export, and state-owned enterprises have the fastest growth rate. In the first half of the year, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises in Sichuan reached 169.69 billion yuan, an increase of 23.9%, driving the growth of Sichuan's foreign trade by 16.3 percentage points in the same period, accounting for 67.9%; The import and export of private enterprises reached 45.63 billion yuan, an increase of 17.4%, driving the growth of Sichuan's foreign trade by 3.4 percentage points over the same period, accounting for 18.3%; The import and export of state-owned enterprises reached 34.42 billion yuan, an increase of 42.1%, driving the growth of Sichuan's foreign trade by 5.1 percentage points over the same period, accounting for 13.8%
Chengdu high tech comprehensive bonded zone is the main force to promote the growth of foreign trade in the province. In the first half of the year, Chengdu achieved an import and export value of 216.29 billion yuan, an increase of 26%, accounting for 86.5% of the total import and export value of Sichuan's foreign trade in the same period, maintaining the "leader" position of the province's foreign trade. The import and export value of Chengdu high tech Zone increased by 15.14 billion yuan, accounting for 15.5% of the province's total import and export value in the same period
the export growth of some electromechanical products such as integrated circuits, automobiles and color TV sets is faster than the whole, and the export of traditional labor-intensive products is declining. In the first half of the year, Sichuan exported 110.04 billion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 35%, accounting for 81.9% of Sichuan's total export value in the same period. In the same period, Sichuan exported 6.45 billion yuan of seven categories of traditional labor-intensive products, down 12.8%, accounting for 4.8% of Sichuan's total export value in the same period
the import of mechanical and electrical products is absolutely dominant, and the import of metal ore surges. In the first half of the year, Sichuan imported 102.32 billion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 22.2%, accounting for 88.6% of the total import value of Sichuan in the same period. The main products include integrated circuits (an increase of 17%), machines and devices for manufacturing flat panel displays (an increase of 1.5 times) and measuring and testing instruments (an increase of 66.1%). Over the same period, imported metal ore surged 1.3 times. In addition, imports of agricultural products decreased by 23.1%