In the first five months, the total import and export volume of Ningbo exceeded 600 billion yuan

Yesterday, Ningbo Customs released data showing that in the first five months, the total import and export volume of Ningbo City was 628.61 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%, indicating a good trend in foreign trade operations. Among them, the export value was 425.78 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5%, and the import value was 202.83 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%.
From a market perspective, traditional markets and emerging markets are driven by two wheels, and the "circle of friends" for economic and trade cooperation continues to expand.
The EU and ASEAN remain the top two import and export markets in our city. In the first five months, Ningbo's import and export volume to the European Union reached 108.98 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%; The import and export volume to ASEAN reached 96.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%, and the combined proportion of the two reached 32.6%.
During the same period, the dividend of zero tariff policy towards Africa was gradually released, and Ningbo's import and export volume to Africa exceeded 40 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.4%; Relying on the cooperation opportunity of jointly building the "the Belt and Road", the import and export volume to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" reached 311.62 billion yuan, accounting for nearly half of the total.
Recently, Ningbo Global Radio and Television Technology Co., Ltd. imported a batch of integrated circuit products worth 7.2 million yuan. The business leader of the company, Zhang Lili, said that the company mainly engages in import and export business of optical modules, cable TV signal amplifiers and other products. The turnover in the first five months of this year reached 2.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 76.7%.
From the perspective of the main body, the vitality of foreign trade operators in Ningbo continues to burst, and the resilience of private enterprises remains undiminished.
In the first five months of this year, the import and export volume of private enterprises in Ningbo reached 489.75 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%, driving the total import and export volume of our city to increase by 4.6 percentage points year-on-year, accounting for 77.9% of our city's total import and export volume. During the same period, the import and export volume of foreign-invested enterprises reached 102.3 billion yuan, and the import and export volume of state-owned enterprises reached 36.22 billion yuan.
From a product perspective, the increase in the "intelligence" and "greenness" of exported goods will jointly promote the high-quality development of exports.
In the first five months of this year, the export value of mechanical and electrical products in Ningbo reached 246.96 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%, accounting for 58% of Ningbo's export value. Among them, Yongchan motorcycles are selling well overseas, with an export value of 1.49 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 92.4%.
During the same period, the export value of "new three types" products reached 28.51 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 138.4%, maintaining a strong growth trend. Among them, the export value of electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and photovoltaic products increased by 215.9%, 57.9%, and 81.1% respectively year-on-year.