The total foreign trade import and export value of Qingyuan City from January to August was 54.96 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.4%

China News Service, Qingyuan, September 24 (Zhang Lu, Guan Qing) A reporter learned from Qingyuan Customs (referred to as "Qingyuan Customs") affiliated with Guangzhou Customs on the 23rd that according to Qingyuan Customs statistics, from January to August this year, the total foreign trade import and export value of Qingyuan City was 54.96 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.4% (the same below). In August this year, Qingyuan City’s import and export value was 6.99 billion yuan, an increase of 25.3%, of which exports were 3.04 billion yuan, an increase of 16%; imports were 3.95 billion yuan, an increase of 33.7%.

In the first eight months of this year, the import and export value of Qingyuan private enterprises was 40.12 billion yuan, accounting for more than 70% of Qingyuan City's total foreign trade import and export value, an increase of 40.1%; the import and export value of foreign-invested enterprises was 14.85 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9%. During the same period, Qingyuan City had 960 companies with import and export performance, an increase of 24.4%.

From the perspective of trading partners, Qingyuan City’s trade relations with the top three trading partners of ASEAN, Zambia, and the European Union have become closer, and both imports and exports have increased. In the first eight months of this year, Qingyuan's imports and exports to ASEAN were 18.25 billion yuan, an increase of 40.4%, its imports and exports to Zambia were 7.74 billion yuan, an increase of 88.7%, and its imports and exports to the EU were 4.6 billion yuan, an increase of 14%. Qingyuan's trade value with its top three trading partners accounts for more than 50% of Qingyuan's total import and export value.

During the same period, Qingyuan City’s imports and exports to countries co-building the “Belt and Road” were 38.02 billion yuan, an increase of 37.7%; imports and exports to other APEC economies were 32.67 billion yuan, an increase of 21.6%; Qingyuan’s imports and exports to 53 African countries that have diplomatic relations were 11.93 billion yuan, an increase of 77.4%.

In terms of key commodities, export products are moving toward new and high-quality products, while imports are growing rapidly. In the first eight months of this year, Qingyuan City’s exports of mechanical and electrical products were 6.77 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3%; exports of lithium-ion batteries, beauty cosmetics and toiletries performed well, with an increase of 73.4% and 120.2% respectively; exports of agricultural products were 420 million yuan, an increase of 20.3%. During the same period, the import of non-ferrous metals such as unwrought copper and copper materials, unwrought aluminum and aluminum materials increased by 55.4% and 83.2% respectively; the import of consumer goods was 490 million yuan, an increase of 14.1%. (over)