The total import and export value of Xi'an will reach a historic high in 2025
On February 10th, the reporter learned from the Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Commerce that by 2025, the total import and export value of Xi'an will reach 498.79 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.1%, and the scale will reach a historical high; Ranked second among 15 sub provincial cities in terms of growth rate, it drove the province's foreign trade growth by 19.2 percentage points. In the complex and severe global trade environment, Xi'an's foreign trade has achieved top pressure growth, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality, and also reflecting new achievements in industrial upgrading and continuous optimization of foreign trade structure.
From a structural perspective, the growth drivers of foreign trade are more diverse. By 2025, the export of high-tech products in Xi'an will reach 217.3 billion yuan, an increase of 26.3%, and the new export landscape supported by advanced manufacturing will become increasingly clear. The continuous increase in the proportion of general trade means that the value-added capacity and autonomy of local industrial links have been enhanced, and more and more high-value links such as research and development, design, and branding are staying in Xi'an, further strengthening the endogenous driving force of foreign trade growth.
Under the global wave of green transformation, Xi'an's forward-looking strategic emerging industries are entering a harvest period. By 2025, the total export of new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, photovoltaic products, and other "new three types" will reach 54.42 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 31.4%. In particular, new energy vehicles have gained widespread recognition in the international market.
Innovation in service trade has also become a new growth point. From January to November 2025, the import and export volume of service trade in Xi'an reached 62.758 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.7%. A total of 5 cases have been selected as national technology trade innovation practice cases, and 2 cases have been selected as national digital trade best practice cases, demonstrating the continuous improvement of activity in the fields of digital economy, technology trade, and so on.
From the perspective of market map, in 2025, Xi'an will establish trade relations with 217 countries and regions, an increase of 12 compared to the previous year. Maintain close collaboration with major partners such as South Korea, the European Union, and Japan in consolidating industrial chain cooperation; In terms of opening up new space, we have achieved steady growth in regional trade with countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" and ASEAN.
The rapid growth of new forms of foreign trade has opened up greater space for future development. In 2025, the import and export volume of cross-border e-commerce in Xi'an will reach 6.773 billion yuan, an increase of 75.1%; The export of second-hand cars has shown a "dark horse" posture, with 14056 units exported throughout the year, a year-on-year increase of 1.3 times, and an export value of 298 million US dollars, doubling from the previous year.
The outstanding achievements of foreign trade cannot be separated from institutional innovation and the empowerment of open platforms. Faced with the uncertainty of the international trade environment, the Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Commerce, together with multiple departments, has introduced 60 trade facilitation measures, 10 measures to promote trade development through the China Europe freight train, as well as policies for the integrated development of industries such as commercial vehicles, biomedicine, power transmission and distribution equipment, energy and oil and gas, and trade, forming a support system of "complementary and coordinated efforts".
The relevant person in charge of the Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Commerce stated that Xi'an has established a "one-on-one" contact service mechanism for key foreign trade enterprises, actively seeking advice from customers and coordinating solutions to practical problems such as bonded circulation and tariff elimination through "one enterprise, one policy", to safeguard high-quality development.