In the first 7 months, Qingdao's import and export increased by 6.4%

According to statistics from Qingdao Customs, in the first seven months of 2026, the import and export of Qingdao City reached 554.87 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%. Among them, exports amounted to 337.71 billion yuan, an increase of 8.3%; Imports amounted to 217.16 billion yuan, an increase of 3.5%. Among the 15 sub provincial cities in China, Qingdao ranks sixth in import and export value after Shenzhen, Ningbo, Guangzhou, Xiamen, and Hangzhou.

In July, the import and export of Qingdao City reached 87.75 billion yuan, an increase of 10.5%. Among them, exports amounted to 56.01 billion yuan, an increase of 16.3%; Imports amounted to 31.74 billion yuan, an increase of 1.5%.

The main characteristics of Qingdao's foreign trade imports and exports in the first 7 months are:

One is that both bonded logistics and processing trade imports and exports have achieved double-digit growth. In the first seven months, the general trade import and export of Qingdao reached 354.43 billion yuan, an increase of 4%, accounting for 63.9% of the city's total foreign trade import and export value. During the same period, the import and export of bonded logistics reached 97.27 billion yuan, an increase of 10.9%; The import and export of processing trade reached 93.69 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3%.

Secondly, private enterprises dominate. In the first seven months, the import and export of private enterprises in Qingdao reached 408.1 billion yuan, an increase of 9.2%, accounting for 73.6% of the city's total foreign trade import and export value. During the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises reached 85.46 billion yuan, an increase of 1.4%; The import and export of state-owned enterprises amounted to 60.76 billion yuan, a decrease of 4%.

The third is to maintain growth in the main import and export markets. In the first seven months, Qingdao's imports and exports to ASEAN, EU, Russia, South Korea, and Brazil were 88.68 billion yuan, 63.42 billion yuan, 39.68 billion yuan, 37.56 billion yuan, and 32.99 billion yuan, respectively, an increase of 5.4%, 0.9%, 19.5%, 3.4%, and 29.8%. In addition, the import and export to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" was 328.41 billion yuan, up 6%, accounting for 59.2% of the city's total foreign trade import and export value; Imports and exports to other RCEP member countries amounted to 187.95 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5%.

The fourth is the rapid growth of exports of electromechanical products, agricultural products, and "new three types". In the first seven months, the export of mechanical and electrical products in Qingdao reached 179.35 billion yuan, an increase of 11%, accounting for 53.1% of the total export value. Among them, the export of household appliances was 27.57 billion yuan, an increase of 14.1%; The export of general machinery and equipment reached 17.57 billion yuan, an increase of 52.6%. During the same period, agricultural product exports amounted to 30.85 billion yuan, an increase of 10.8%. Among them, the export of edible aquatic products reached 6.65 billion yuan, an increase of 15.6%. In addition, the export of "new three types" products reached 3.99 billion yuan, an increase of 92.4%. Among them, electric vehicles and photovoltaic products were exported for 3.32 billion and 370 million yuan respectively, with an increase of 100% and 405.5%, respectively.

The import value of agricultural products, metal ores, and mechanical and electrical products has maintained growth. In the first seven months, the import of agricultural products in Qingdao reached 49.7 billion yuan, an increase of 10.6%, accounting for 22.9% of the total import value. Among them, the import of edible aquatic products was 11.24 billion yuan, an increase of 30.2%; Soybean imports amounted to 10.38 billion yuan, an increase of 17.6%. During the same period, metal ore imports amounted to 33.26 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4%, accounting for 15.3% of the total import value; The import of electromechanical products reached 35.13 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3%, accounting for 16.2% of the total import value.