Guangxi's foreign trade imports and exports increased by 7.2% in the first five months

According to customs statistics, in the first five months of 2026, Guangxi's foreign trade imports and exports amounted to 347.77 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%. Among them, exports amounted to 193.72 billion yuan; Imports amounted to 154.05 billion yuan, an increase of 22.9%, and the cumulative growth rate has exceeded 20% for five consecutive months. Main characteristics of Guangxi's foreign trade in the first 5 months

One is the continuous deepening of economic and trade exchanges with other countries in the global South, and the acceleration of imports and exports to ASEAN. Guangxi is deeply involved in the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", gives full play to the complementary advantages of resources with other southern countries, and bilateral economic and trade cooperation goes deeper and more practical. In the first five months, Guangxi's imports and exports to other southern countries reached 276.73 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7%, which boosted Guangxi's foreign trade growth rate by 6.8 percentage points during the same period; Imports mainly consist of industrial production raw materials such as copper ore, crude oil, and nickel smelting intermediates, while exports mainly consist of industrial finished products such as mechanical and electrical products and labor products. Among them, imports and exports to ASEAN amounted to 175.5 billion yuan, an increase of 1.1%, with a cumulative growth rate higher than the previous month; Imports and exports to Latin America reached 59.43 billion yuan, an increase of 38.7%, with a cumulative growth rate of over 30% for six consecutive months.

Secondly, the import and export of 9 prefecture level cities have increased, with the growth rate in coastal areas exceeding 10%. In the first five months, Chongzuo continued to maintain its position as the largest prefecture level city in Guangxi's foreign trade import and export scale, with a total import and export of 109.5 billion yuan, accounting for 31.5% of Guangxi's total foreign trade value. Coastal cities have achieved rapid growth in imports and exports, with Fangchenggang, Qinzhou, and Beihai importing and exporting 80.99 billion yuan, 31.42 billion yuan, and 20.52 billion yuan, respectively, increasing by 27%, 11.7%, and 17.7%. In addition, Wuzhou, Guigang, and Hezhou have shown impressive growth rates, with imports and exports of 8.66 billion yuan, 2.53 billion yuan, and 1.46 billion yuan, respectively, increasing by 42.2%, 47%, and 94.2%.

Thirdly, the export structure continues to shift towards a new and green direction, with the growth rate of "new three types" exports higher than the national average. In the first five months, Guangxi exported high-tech products worth 51.24 billion yuan, an increase of 17.3%, accounting for 26.5% of Guangxi's total export value during the same period, an increase of 4.5 percentage points in proportion; Among them, LCD panel display modules, computer components, and printed circuits increased by 67.3%, 43.6%, and 90.1% respectively. Guangxi's green and low-carbon products continue to explore overseas markets. In the first five months, the export of "new three types" products reached 15.58 billion yuan, an increase of 80.3%, which is 34.7 percentage points higher than the national export growth rate of similar goods during the same period; Among them, the exports of lithium batteries and electric vehicles increased by 49.5% and 2.4 times respectively. During the same period, the export of wind turbines and their components amounted to 36.761 million yuan, an increase of 289.2 times, contributing Guangxi's strength to global green development.

Fourthly, the rapid growth of industrial production has driven the sustained increase in imports of raw materials such as bulk commodities and copper materials, and the import performance of AI related products is impressive. In the first four months of this year, industrial production in Guangxi grew rapidly, with the added value of large-scale industries in the region increasing by 5.3%, driving the growth of related production materials. In the first five months, Guangxi imported 91.89 billion yuan of bulk commodities, an increase of 22.7%, accounting for 59.6% of Guangxi's total import value during the same period. Among them, the imports of copper ore, soybeans, and lead ore increased by 43%, 30%, and 100% respectively; Unforged copper, copper materials, and pulp were imported at 5.66 billion yuan and 1.87 billion yuan, respectively, an increase of 1.5 times and 0.9%. Guangxi is accelerating the high-quality development of artificial intelligence, and the import performance of related products is impressive. In the first five months, Guangxi imported AI related integrated circuits, computers, wires and cables, and printed circuits worth 3.71 billion yuan, 2.21 billion yuan, 870 million yuan, and 230 million yuan, respectively, an increase of 21.8%, 5.8 times, 11.4%, and 7.5 times.

(All the above products do not include cross-border trade.)