Anhui's foreign trade breaks through the trillion yuan mark for the first time
This batch of goods has been received, great! "Marelo Pucu, the head of Estonia's off grid energy company, said in a video call on January 15th." I didn't expect the energy storage batteries produced in Anhui, China to be so excellent. This has helped us understand 'Made in Anhui' and trust Chinese brands even more
On the same day, more than 8000 kilometers away in Anhui, at a press conference held by the Provincial Government Information Office, Zhou Rongqiu, the director of Hefei Customs, introduced that "by 2025, the total import and export value of the province will exceed one trillion yuan for the first time, reaching 1013.56 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%." This means that Anhui has become the 9th province (municipality directly under the central government) in China and the first in central China to exceed one trillion yuan in foreign trade.
Under multiple pressures and challenges, Anhui's foreign trade has shown strong resilience, with strong growth momentum, optimized structure, and simultaneous improvement in quantity and quality. The total import and export value has achieved the best historical results, "said Zhou Rongqiu.
Analyzing the trillion yuan structure of Anhui's foreign trade, the trajectory of transformation and upgrading is clear: by 2025, the export of high-tech products will reach 159.82 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.6%. The annual export volume of automobiles (including chassis) reached 1.228 million units, ranking first in the country. Anhui became the first province in China to exceed one million units in annual automobile exports.
The export structure is continuously moving towards high-end, intelligent, and green development, "said Dou Jin, Vice President of Anhui Provincial Institute of Economic Research." Trade is the flow, and industry is the source. Anhui is anchored in the goal of building an advanced manufacturing cluster with international competitiveness, driving industrial innovation with technological innovation, continuously enhancing the international competitiveness of export products, and striving to create a new highland of reform and opening up with important influence
The increasingly active foreign trade entities are supporting the steady progress of foreign trade. In 2025, there will be 14890 business entities with import and export records in the province, an increase of 1591 compared to 2024. Among them, there are 120 enterprises with import and export exceeding 1 billion yuan, an increase of 8 compared to 2024. Private enterprises shoulder the "main beam" of foreign trade development. Last year, private enterprises imported and exported 519.15 billion yuan, accounting for 51.2% of the province's total foreign trade value.
Not putting eggs in the same basket "has become a consensus among many foreign trade enterprises. In 2025, the total import and export of Anhui Province to countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" will be 550.33 billion yuan, accounting for more than 50% of the total foreign trade value. ASEAN and the European Union are Anhui's first and second trading partners, respectively. In 2025, Anhui's total trade value with ASEAN and the European Union will increase by 38.3% and 21.6% year-on-year, respectively.
A solid industrial foundation, active enterprise strength, and diverse market layout constitute the core capabilities for foreign trade to cross the cycle, "Dou Jin believes." An open environment provides important support for this capability. "In recent years, Anhui has actively implemented a high-level opening-up strategy, innovatively implemented the" Huidong Global "overseas action and partnership plan, and is committed to exploring ways to improve the cross-border trade facilitation level of inland provinces.
On the other end of the video call, Zhao Fei, the business manager of the International Business Department of Hefei Bono Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd., responded with a smile to Maher Puku: "In the new year, we look forward to more cooperation