Ningbo Daily: The import and export volume of airport ports both increased in the first quarter

According to statistics released yesterday by Ningbo Airport Customs, a subsidiary of Ningbo Customs, the import and export value of Ningbo Airport Port reached 8.63 billion yuan in the first quarter of this year, a sharp increase of 162.4% compared to the same period last year, achieving a simultaneous increase in both quantity and value.
This indicates that the level of openness and radiation of Ningbo Airport Port is continuously increasing, injecting strong momentum into the high-quality development of regional foreign trade, "said the relevant person in charge of Ningbo Customs.
Specifically, the trade market is highly concentrated, with Hong Kong, China being the largest trading partner. In the first quarter, the import and export value of Ningbo Airport Port to Hong Kong, China was 4.77 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.2 times, accounting for over 55%.
During the same period, the import and export value to the European Union was 1.46 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15 times, mainly due to the efficient operation of the all cargo flight route from Ningbo to Liege, Belgium.
Looking at imports and exports separately, Ningbo Airport Port has abundant sources of goods at the import end, with high-end industrial materials and high-quality consumer goods advancing simultaneously.
Among them, the import of industrial production "hard core grain and forage" such as precision electromechanical equipment and core components has doubled. In the first quarter, Ningbo Airport Port imported 1.44 billion yuan worth of mechanical and electrical products, a year-on-year increase of 2.2 times, continuously providing key driving force for the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry in the Yangtze River Delta and the strengthening and supplementation of the industrial chain.
The import momentum of high-quality agricultural products and other "heartwarming goods" for people's livelihoods is also strong, with a year-on-year increase of 2.4 times in import value in the first quarter, greatly enriching the dining table choices of citizens.
On the export side, the two pillar industries support half of the growth of trade at Ningbo Airport Port.
As the export "leading goose", high value-added electromechanical products have maintained a dominant position in exports with strong technological strength and product competitiveness. In the first quarter, the export value was 5.64 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.8 times, demonstrating the hard power of regional high-end manufacturing going global.
As a local characteristic advantage industry in Ningbo, the textile and clothing industry is rooted in the fertile soil of deep industrial clusters, like an evergreen tree going abroad, with a year-on-year increase of 54.4% in export value in the first quarter.