In the first 8 months, the trade volume between Ningbo and Central and Eastern European countries exceeded 40 billion yuan

As the first demonstration zone for economic and trade cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries, Ningbo, which boasts the world's largest port, is building a "golden channel" for economic and trade exchanges between China and Central and Eastern European countries.
According to statistics from Ningbo Customs, in the first eight months of this year, Ningbo's imports and exports to Central and Eastern European countries amounted to 42.22 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.8%. Among them, the export of electromechanical products was 25.13 billion yuan, an increase of 12.2%; The import of unprocessed copper and copper materials reached 1.59 billion yuan, an increase of 40.8%; The import of agricultural products reached 140 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 62.3%. Present a two-way positive interaction of "high-tech category export growth and complementary import of characteristic resources".
In terms of exports, many hard core products from Ningbo are taking root in Central and Eastern European countries.
As a leading enterprise in Ningbo that laid out its presence in the Central and Eastern European markets earlier, Haitian Group's injection molding machines have been exported to 9 Central and Eastern European countries, including Croatia, Romania, and Slovakia. This year, the equipment manufacturing base built by Haitian in Ruma, Serbia was officially put into operation, achieving a transformation from simply exporting goods to investing in the construction of a manufacturing base.
After the base is put into operation, we can export the injection molding machine parts to Serbia, combine them with the local market procurement situation to make finished products, and then radiate to the entire European region. This can effectively shorten the supply chain cycle, "said the relevant person in charge of Haitian Group. From product output to capacity cooperation, Ningbo enterprises' deep cultivation and expansion in Central and Eastern Europe are constantly upgrading.
The import end is equally exciting and diverse. On the third floor of the Ningbo Free Trade Zone Import Commodity Market, the display cabinet of "Central and Eastern European Wine Cellar" shines brightly, with characteristic wines from Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania neatly arranged under the light. This 350 square meter wine cellar gathers 32 famous wines from Central and Eastern Europe, allowing consumers to experience the exotic taste of glass wine up close.
In recent years, the "Hi Buy Central and Eastern Europe" series of consumer promotion activities launched by Ningbo has been upgraded to one of the national level activities of the Ministry of Commerce's "Sharing the Big Market and Exporting to China" series. During the event, specialty products from Central and Eastern European countries were bustling with consumers throughout the year. Popular and popular items such as Hungarian Bull Blood Dry Red and Bulgarian Rose Skincare were frequently out of stock, and good Central and Eastern European goods were accelerating to "fly into ordinary people's homes".