In the first half of the year, the import and export of Beijing Tianjin Hebei reached a historic high

In the first half of the year, the foreign trade of Beijing Tianjin Hebei region delivered impressive results. According to statistics from Beijing Customs, the total import and export value of the three regions reached 2.58 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%, setting a new historical high for the same period. Among them, exports amounted to 770.06 billion yuan, an increase of 11.8%, while imports amounted to 1.81 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.1%.

In June alone, the scale and growth rate of imports and exports in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region both reached their new year's peak, and the dividends of regional coordinated opening continued to be released. "Wang Hui, Deputy Director and spokesperson of Beijing Customs, said that the three regions have a staggered layout and complementary advantages, taking the integration of customs clearance, industrial clustering, and modernization of trade formats as the starting point, and have embarked on a high-quality development path for foreign trade with clear division of labor and efficient linkage.

Since the beginning of this year, the import and export value of the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region has maintained year-on-year growth for six consecutive months. Among them, exports in June reached 140.13 billion yuan, an increase of 14.2%, breaking through the 140 billion yuan mark for the first time in monthly history. The import and export values of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei increased by 16.5%, 2.4%, and 33.2% respectively. Among them, the import and export value of Beijing is 1.78 trillion yuan, accounting for 69.3% of the import and export value of the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, driving the growth rate of import and export value in the region by 11.4 percentage points, and playing a prominent role in the "one core leading" role in regional foreign trade.

From the perspective of foreign trade entities, private enterprises continue to lead the growth rate. In the first half of the year, the import and export value of state-owned enterprises in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region reached 1.39 trillion yuan, an increase of 19.8%. The import and export value of private enterprises reached 711.67 billion yuan, an increase of 21.9%, which is 4.9 percentage points higher than the national growth rate of private enterprise import and export value, becoming the core force driving the growth of foreign trade in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region.

From the perspective of commodity structure, exports continue to improve, with mechanical and electrical products accounting for 60%. In the first half of the year, the export of mechanical and electrical products from the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region reached 458.32 billion yuan, an increase of 17.4%, accounting for 59.5% of the export value of the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region during the same period. Among them, automobile exports reached 53.85 billion yuan, an increase of 29.3%, integrated circuits reached 37.91 billion yuan, an increase of 82.9%, and lithium-ion batteries reached 14.16 billion yuan, an increase of 145.5%. During the same period, the export of labor protection products and steel in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region reached 56.41 billion yuan and 51.77 billion yuan, respectively, an increase of 10.1% and 24.9%.

From the perspective of growth structure, the foreign trade of Beijing Tianjin Hebei region has broken away from the traditional single driving mode of bulk commodities and presented a diversified pattern of "leading high-tech products, upgrading traditional manufacturing, and expanding digital trade". At present, the division of labor among the three industries has achieved deep synergy, with Beijing focusing on research and development design, commodity trade, and cross-border finance; Tianjin undertakes the functions of sea transportation, vehicle export, and bonded logistics hub; Hebei deeply cultivates manufacturing and processing, county-level characteristic light industry, and cross-border logistics by land, seamlessly connecting the industrial chain across regions. In addition, the import and export growth rate of bonded logistics has reached 68.6%, and multiple modes such as cross-border e-commerce, market procurement, and overseas warehouses are running parallel. New formats and models have become new engines for foreign trade growth.

Behind the data lies the continuous promotion of the coordinated opening system and mechanism in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. It is reported that the customs in the three regions have unified their supervision standards and comprehensively implemented customs clearance reforms such as ship side direct pickup and port loading, reducing the clearance time of goods by 70%. With the implementation of cross regional joint credit certification, foreign trade enterprises can enjoy the same inspection convenience as the three regions. However, there are still shortcomings in the development of foreign trade in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, such as room for improvement in industrial support, weak risk resistance of some small and medium-sized enterprises, insufficient efforts to explore emerging markets, and the need to optimize trade structure.

To do a good job in foreign trade in the second half of the year, the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region needs to continue to amplify its collaborative advantages and consolidate its growth momentum in foreign trade. "Zhang Xiaolan, a researcher at the Information Technology and Industrial Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, suggested that we should continue to deepen the reform of port integration, make good use of preferential policies for origin, reduce the cost of enterprises going abroad, expand emerging market orders, accelerate the cultivation of new trade formats such as cross-border e-commerce and bonded research and development, and inject new momentum into the development of foreign trade in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region.