Qinghai's foreign trade imports and exports will increase by 17.6% year-on-year in 2025

According to statistics, the total import and export value of Qinghai Province in 2025 will be 7.07 billion yuan, an increase of 17.6% compared to last year, ranking fourth in the country in terms of import and export growth rate. Among them, exports reached 6.19 billion yuan, an increase of 41.9%, ranking second in the country in terms of growth rate.
The number of foreign trade operators continues to increase, and private enterprises have achieved remarkable results in accelerating the development of foreign trade. By 2025, there will be 242 enterprises with import and export performance in the province, and the scale of operating entities will reach a historical high. Among them, there are 227 private enterprises with import and export achievements, with an import and export volume of 6.32 billion yuan, an increase of 32.1%, accounting for 89.4% of the total foreign trade value of the province during the same period (the same below), driving the growth of foreign trade in the province by 25.5 percentage points. The position of private enterprises as the "main force" in foreign trade has become increasingly prominent.
The export of new energy related products has achieved a leapfrog growth, and the export momentum of salt lake chemical products is strong. By 2025, the province's new energy product exports will reach 3.19 billion yuan, a threefold increase. Among them, the export of lithium-ion batteries reached 2.99 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8 times, accounting for 48.3% of our province's total export value, ranking second in the country in terms of export growth rate, and driving the province's import and export growth by 39.4 percentage points. The export of photovoltaic products reached 200 million yuan, an increase of 16.7%. During the same period, the export of salt lake products was 860 million yuan, an increase of 80.2%, of which the export of polyvinyl chloride was 270 million yuan, an increase of 53.6%; Sodium carbonate exports amounted to 170 million yuan, an increase of 69.4%.
The export scale of green organic agricultural and livestock products has reached a historic high, and the export growth rate continues to rank among the top in the country. By 2025, the province's agricultural product exports will reach 750 million yuan, an increase of 21.3%, ranking third in the country in terms of growth rate. The export scale will reach a historic high, and the export circle will expand to 54 countries and regions. The export performance of agricultural products represented by "double cooling" is particularly outstanding. Among them, frozen trout exports amounted to 380 million yuan, an increase of 33.6%; Accounting for 98.5% of the total export value of similar products in the country. 11000 tons of cold vegetables were exported, an increase of 3.6 times; There are 36 export varieties, and the export destinations have expanded from four countries (regions) including Hong Kong and Malaysia in 2023 to 14 countries (regions) including Thailand, South Korea, and Kyrgyzstan in 2025. During the same period, the export volume of potatoes exceeded 4000 tons, and the export scale reached a historic high.
The "circle of friends" of exchanges continues to expand, and the high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" has achieved remarkable results. In 2025, the province will maintain trade relations with 122 countries and regions, and trade relations will continue to expand towards diversification, with 9 new trading countries (regions) added compared to the same period last year. Hungary, Vietnam, and Russia are the top three trading partners, with imports and exports of 2.94 billion yuan, 500 million yuan, and 490 million yuan respectively, an increase of 3.2 times, 1.1 times, and 32.3%. Over the same period, the import and export of the province and the countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" reached 5.9 billion yuan, an increase of 33.7%, accounting for 10.1 percentage points higher than that of 2024, reaching 83.5%, a record high