Guangxi's foreign trade imports and exports increased by 9.5% in the first 11 months

According to statistics from Nanning Customs, in the first 11 months of 2025, Guangxi's foreign trade imports and exports amounted to 726.54 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%. Among them, exports amounted to 429.69 billion yuan, an increase of 13.2%; Imports amounted to 296.85 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6%.
The main characteristics of Guangxi's foreign trade imports and exports in the first 11 months are as follows:
1、 General trade, bonded logistics, and processing trade continue to grow
In the first 11 months, Guangxi's general trade imports and exports amounted to 326.4 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1%, accounting for 44.9% of Guangxi's total foreign trade value during the same period; Bonded logistics and processing trade imported and exported 221.93 billion yuan and 78.78 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 14.4% and 44.8%, accounting for a total of 41.4%. The above three trade modes collectively increased Guangxi's foreign trade growth rate by 12.8 percentage points during the same period. During the same period, the processing of imported goods from Guangxi's border trade reached 13.32 billion yuan, an increase of 32.7%, accounting for 56.7% of the total value of cross-border trade imports.
2、 More than half of the trade with ASEAN, with growth rates exceeding 20% in Latin America, the Middle East, and other regions
In the first 11 months, ASEAN continued to maintain its position as Guangxi's largest trading partner, with a total import and export of 384.22 billion yuan, an increase of 10%, accounting for 52.9%. Among them, imports and exports to Vietnam amounted to 282.98 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1%; Driven by the accelerated construction of the cross-border industry chain for new energy materials and the rapid growth of cross-border e-commerce, Indonesia and Singapore have shown impressive growth rates, increasing by 51.7% and 62.7% respectively. During the same period, Guangxi grew rapidly in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, the European Union, and other regions, with growth rates of 20.5%, 26.5%, 24.9%, and 49.5%, respectively.
3、 9 prefecture level cities achieve positive growth in imports and exports
In the first 11 months, Chongzuo continued to maintain its position as the largest prefecture level city in Guangxi's foreign trade import and export scale, with a total import and export of 245.05 billion yuan, accounting for 33.7%. Fangchenggang and Nanning ranked second and third in terms of import and export scale, with imports and exports of 140.64 billion yuan and 89.99 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 28.5% and 9.6%, accounting for a total of 31.7%. During the same period, the growth rates of Liuzhou, Yulin, and Hechi all exceeded 20%, with imports and exports of 39.99 billion yuan, 26.61 billion yuan, and 7.67 billion yuan, respectively, increasing by 29.6%, 85.3%, and 46.5%. In addition, the import and export of Wuzhou reached 14.11 billion yuan, with a cumulative growth rate of 0.7% instead of a decrease of 0.8% last month.
4、 The main export products are electromechanical products, while major export products such as lithium batteries continue to maintain a fast growth rate
In the first 11 months, the export of mechanical and electrical products was 259.39 billion yuan, with the growth rate slowing down to 20.3%, accounting for 60.4% of the total export value. The main export products still maintain a relatively fast growth rate, with lithium batteries, automobiles and spare parts, tablet display modules, computers and components increasing by 70%, 24.2%, 81.2%, and 35.2% respectively. During the same period, labor and agricultural products were exported for 64.18 billion yuan and 11.74 billion yuan respectively.
5、 Imports mainly consist of bulk commodities, and the role of "ballast stones" continues to play a significant role
In the first 11 months, Guangxi's import growth rate accelerated by 0.2 percentage points compared to the first 10 months. Specifically, the role of bulk commodities as "ballast stones" continues to play, with imports totaling 173.79 billion yuan, an increase of 7%, accounting for 58.5% of the total import value. Among them, the import of metal ore was 114.64 billion yuan, an increase of 17.5%, mainly due to the growth of imports of copper, gold, zinc, aluminum and other mineral sands. During the same period, imported mechanical and electrical products amounted to 26.71 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3%.