the General Administration of Customs announced today (May 7) that China's total foreign trade import and export value in the first four months of this year was 11.62 trillion yuan, and foreign trade import and export continued to maintain a good momentum
customs statistics show that in the first four months of this year, China's total foreign trade import and export value was 11.62 trillion yuan, an increase of 28.5% year-on-year. In April, China's total import and export value was 3.15 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.6%. Among them, the export was 1.71 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.2%; Imports reached 1.44 trillion yuan, up 32.2% year-on-year
Li Kuiwen, director of the statistical analysis department of the General Administration of customs, said that since June last year, China's foreign trade import and export have achieved positive growth for 11 consecutive months. Compared with the same period in 2019, the growth rate of import and export in the first four months of this year was as high as 21.8%, which shows that China has made major strategic achievements in coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and the policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade are effective
from the perspective of main commodities, the export of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products increased rapidly, of which the export of mechanical and electrical products was 3.79 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36.3%, accounting for 59.9% of the total export value; Labor intensive products amounted to 1.11 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.9%. Accounting for 17.5% of the total export value. The import volume of major bulk commodities increased, of which the import volume of soybeans, crude oil and iron ore increased by 16.8%, 7.2% and 6.7% respectively year-on-year
(CCTV News)