The total import and export value of Inner Mongolia's foreign trade in the first 8 months was 181.12 billion yuan

According to statistics from Hohhot Customs, the total import and export value of Inner Mongolia's foreign trade reached 181.12 billion yuan in the first eight months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 30.5%, 12.9 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate. Its scale and growth rate ranked 24th and 4th respectively in the country. Among them, the export value was 68.19 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.5%; The import value was 112.93 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32.3%.

In the first 8 months, the import and export of major commodities in Inner Mongolia maintained rapid growth. Among them, imported copper ore was 55.71 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 47.2%; Imported coal reached 26.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.8%; Imported iron ore reached 5.79 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.4%. During the same period, the export of mechanical and electrical products reached 15.85 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%; The export of agricultural products reached 9.28 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.7%. In the first 8 months, Inner Mongolia's border trade, bonded logistics and other trade formats have accelerated. Among them, the import and export value of border trade between Erenhot City and Manzhouli City was 430 million yuan and 290 million yuan respectively, an increase of 105.1% and 77.4% year-on-year; The import and export value of bonded logistics was 43.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 70.6%.

Since the beginning of this year, Inner Mongolia has continued to expand its diversified international market while consolidating the Russian and Mongolian markets. In the first 8 months, the import and export value of Inner Mongolia to Mongolia was 74.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 53.1%; The import and export value to Russia was 29.54 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 62.1%; The import and export values to South Asia and Africa were 4.37 billion yuan and 6.39 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 20% and 40% year-on-year. Over the same period, the value of imports and exports to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" reached 152.04 billion yuan, up 39.9% year on year.

With the support of a series of policies that assist and benefit enterprises, the vitality of Inner Mongolia's foreign trade operators continues to increase. In the first 8 months, the number of enterprises with foreign trade performance in Inner Mongolia reached 3996, a year-on-year increase of 28.5%. Among them, there are 3821 private enterprises with achievements in foreign trade operations, a year-on-year increase of 29%, with a total import and export value of 157.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43.8%, accounting for 87.2% of the total import and export value of the region's foreign trade, playing the role of the "main force" of foreign trade; There are 127 foreign-invested enterprises with achievements in foreign trade operations, a year-on-year increase of 33.7%, with a total import and export value of 5.28 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37.3%.