In the first half of the year, the import and export volume of Zhuhai's foreign trade remained stable with progress, reaching a new historical high for the same period

Photo by Kong Feiyang at the operation site of Zhuhai (Hongwan) International Container Terminal

Since the beginning of this year, the import and export trend of Zhuhai's foreign trade has been stable, showing the characteristics of "full vitality, wide market, new momentum, and stable domestic demand". According to statistics from Gongbei Customs, in the first half of this year, Zhuhai's foreign trade imports and exports amounted to 183.11 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%, reaching a new historical high for the same period. Among them, exports amounted to 122.24 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9%; Imports amounted to 60.87 billion yuan, an increase of 15%.

The vitality of business entities is bursting forth. In the first half of the year, the position of private enterprises as the "main force" in foreign trade continued to consolidate, with imports and exports reaching 106.93 billion yuan, an increase of 16%, leading the overall growth rate by more than 7 percentage points, accounting for 58.4% of the total import and export value. Foreign invested enterprises maintained resilient growth in imports and exports, with imports and exports reaching 74.97 billion yuan, an increase of 5.4%.

Diversified international market development is powerful. In the first half of the year, the city's import and export to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" reached 75.42 billion yuan, up 7.6%, accounting for 41.2% of the total import and export value. Among them, imports and exports to ASEAN amounted to 28.69 billion yuan, an increase of 22.3%. During the same period, imports and exports to the European Union and Australia amounted to 32.56 billion and 6.15 billion yuan, respectively, with an increase of 21.8% and 35.4%; The import and export to Hong Kong region of China amounted to 17.07 billion yuan, an increase of 7%.

The kinetic energy of new quality productivity is accelerating its release. In the first half of the year, the city's exports of mechanical and electrical products reached 98.46 billion yuan, with a growth rate of over 20%, accounting for 80.5% of the total export value. Among them, lithium batteries and integrated circuits were exported for 11.35 billion yuan and 8.01 billion yuan respectively, with significant increases of 94.6% and 274.2%, respectively, which were the main driving forces for export growth.

The potential of domestic demand supports the continuous increase of imports. In the first half of the year, the city's imports of electronic components and aircraft parts amounted to 14.03 billion yuan and 9.4 billion yuan, respectively, an increase of 46.3% and 61.9%. During the same period, imported consumer goods and refined oil products amounted to 3.42 billion yuan and 1.91 billion yuan, respectively, with an increase of 9.4% and 9.9%. (Zhang Yiwei/Wen)