The total import and export volume of Ningbo Port in the first 8 months of this year reached 1.91 trillion yuan

Photo by Wu Mengkai at the Ningbo Zhoushan Port Terminal Operation Scene

Zhejiang Online, September 15th (Reporter Chen Lei, Correspondents Cao Lihong and Wang Lingke) Since the beginning of this year, the foreign trade operation at Ningbo Port has been stable and progressing, with outstanding resilience. According to statistics from Ningbo Customs, the total declared import and export volume of goods at Ningbo Port reached 1.91 trillion yuan in the first eight months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 6%. Among them, the export scale continued to expand, reaching 1.46 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.7%; Imports amounted to 445.52 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7%.
Let's first take a look at the "core engine" driving the growth of foreign trade at Ningbo Port: In the first eight months, private enterprises at Ningbo Port imported and exported 1.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.4%, accounting for 77.6% of the overall import and export of Ningbo Port, driving the growth of foreign trade at Ningbo Port by 5.7 percentage points and maintaining their position as the "main force".
It is worth noting that there are many cross regional import and export goods at Ningbo Port. In the first eight months of this year, the benefits of cross regional agglomeration continued to amplify, with enterprises from other regions importing and exporting 1.23 trillion yuan through Ningbo Port, an increase of 8.4%, accounting for 64.8%. This also means that more than 60% of the goods come from outside Ningbo. Among them, the import and export of enterprises from other provinces through Ningbo Port amounted to 716.82 billion yuan, an increase of 4.2%; The import and export of enterprises from other provinces through Ningbo Port amounted to 517.43 billion yuan, an increase of 14.8%, and both figures show significant growth.
Further examine the specific export product structure. The reporter learned from Ningbo Customs that traditional advantageous electromechanical products continue to serve as the "ballast stone" for Ningbo Port exports. In the first eight months, Ningbo Port exported electromechanical products worth 795.78 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8%, accounting for 54.5% of the overall export of Ningbo Port during the same period and occupying half of the export market. The growth momentum of segmented categories is also very strong, with exports of electrical equipment and motorcycles growing by over 20%, and the growth of automobiles (including chassis) reaching as high as 65.7%. In addition, the export growth of labor-intensive products such as plastic products, furniture and its parts, toys, etc. has also been around 10%, with growth rates higher than the overall export.
Which countries and regions are the main destinations for goods passing through Ningbo Port? The top three are the European Union, the United States, and ASEAN.
In the first 8 months, the import and export growth of Ningbo Port to the top three trading partners was higher than that of the port as a whole. The import and export to the European Union, the United States, and ASEAN were 353.92 billion yuan, 273.78 billion yuan, and 227.91 billion yuan, respectively, an increase of 7%, 7%, and 12.6%, accounting for 44.9% of the overall import and export of Ningbo Port during the same period, and contributing 61.9% to the growth of Ningbo Port's import and export.
In terms of imports, in the first 8 months, Ningbo Port imported unprocessed copper and copper materials, metal ores and sands, and agricultural products worth 30.8 billion yuan, 28.77 billion yuan, and 21.77 billion yuan, respectively, with growth rates of 9.6%, 3.7%, and 5.7%, respectively. It is worth noting that the import growth rate on the "tip of the tongue" is very impressive: in the first eight months of this year, the scale of imported beef reached 2.26 billion yuan, a significant increase of 5.4 times; Imported edible aquatic products, dried and fresh fruits and nuts, grains, and grain powders all showed double-digit growth.
Next, Ningbo Customs will continue to deepen the reform of customs clearance facilitation, optimize the port supervision service system, and fully safeguard the high-quality development of foreign trade at Ningbo Port.