CCTV news: on October 13, the Information Office of the state Council held a press conference. 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 three quarters of 2021
it was introduced at the meeting that in the first three quarters of this year, China coordinated the overall domestic and international situation, epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, sustained economic recovery and development, and foreign trade import and export continued to maintain rapid growth, with sufficient toughness and stable quality improvement
first, the import and export scale increased quarter by quarter, and the growth rate gradually decreased. From a quarterly perspective, the total import and export value in the first quarter, the second quarter and the third quarter of this year was 8.51 trillion yuan, 9.59 trillion yuan and 10.23 trillion yuan respectively, with a year-on-year increase of 29.7%, 25.2% and 15.2% respectively. The growth rate showed a downward trend quarter by quarter. From a monthly perspective, the import and export in September increased by 15.4% year-on-year, down 3.5 percentage points from August
Second, import and export with major trading partners maintained growth. In the first three quarters, China's imports and exports to ASEAN amounted to 4.08 trillion yuan, an increase of 21.1%. ASEAN continues to maintain its position as China's largest trading partner, accounting for 14.4% of China's total foreign trade. Over the same period, imports and exports to the European Union, the United States, Japan and South Korea were 3.88 trillion yuan, 3.52 trillion yuan, 1.78 trillion yuan and 1.7 trillion yuan, up 20.5%, 24.9%, 11.2% and 17.3% respectively. In addition, China's import and export to countries along the "the Belt and Road" and RCEP trading partners increased by 23.4% and 19.3% respectively
Third, the proportion of import and export of general trade increased. In the first three quarters, China's general trade import and export reached 17.51 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.6%, accounting for 61.8% of China's total foreign trade, an increase of 1.4 percentage points over the same period last year; Among them, the export was 9.47 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.5%; Imports reached 8.04 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.7%. In the same period, the import and export of processing trade reached 6.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.7%, accounting for 21.4%
Fourth, the vitality of foreign trade operators has been enhanced. In the first three quarters of this year, China's import and export enterprises reached 526700, an increase of 34000 year-on-year. Among them, the import and export of private enterprises was 13.65 trillion yuan, an increase of 28.5%, accounting for 48.2% of China's total foreign trade. Over the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises reached 10.22 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.7%; The import and export of state-owned enterprises reached 4.35 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.1%
fifth, the export of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products increased. In the first three quarters, China's export of mechanical and electrical products reached 9.15 trillion yuan, an increase of 23%, 0.3 percentage points higher than the overall export growth rate, accounting for 58.8% of the total export value. Among them, automatic data processing equipment and its parts, mobile phones and automobiles increased by 12%, 14.4% and 107% respectively. Over the same period, the export of labor-intensive products increased by 9.5%; Pharmaceutical materials and drugs increased by 108%
sixth, the import volume of some bulk commodities decreased and prices increased. In the first three quarters, the import and export freight volume supervised by the Customs was 3.74 billion tons, an increase of 3%, of which 2.43 billion tons were imported, a decrease of 0.5%. Specifically, China imported 842 million tons of iron ore, down 3%, with an average price of 1159.8 yuan per ton, up 67.5%; 387 million tons of crude oil, down 6.8%, with an average price of 3082.5 yuan per ton, up 32.8%; 89.852 million tons of natural gas, an increase of 22.2%, with an average price of 2491.9 yuan per ton, an increase of 5.1%; 73.973 million tons of soybeans, down 0.7%, with an average price of 3509.8 yuan per ton, up 29.4%; Copper was 4019000 tons, a decrease of 19.5%, and the average price was 60400 yuan per ton, an increase of 37.9%
on the whole, the foundation for the steady and qualitative rise of China's foreign trade volume has been further consolidated since this year. At the same time, it should also be noted that the global epidemic has fluctuated, the world economy has recovered hard, the external environment has become more complex and severe, and China's foreign trade development still faces many unstable and uncertain factors
source: CCTV