Although affected by adverse factors such as the recurrence of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, China's foreign trade performance in August was still higher than market expectations, and imports and exports achieved positive growth for 15 consecutive months。
According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce on September 7, the total value of foreign trade imports and exports in August was 3.43 trillion yuan, an increase of 18 percent over the previous year.9%, an increase of 5% over the previous year。Export value 1.9 trillion yuan, an increase of 15 percent year-on-year.7%，进口1.53 trillion yuan, an increase of 23 percent year-on-year.1%。
Li Kuiwen, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Department of Statistical Analysis, said that the main reason why foreign trade can achieve such achievements is that China has controlled the epidemic, kept the economy stable and made steady progress, and provided strong support for the steady growth of foreign trade import and export。
According to Yang Changyong, a researcher of foreign economics at the China Macroeconomic Research Institute, in August, the overseas real economy continued to recover, and Southeast Asia is one of the global processing and manufacturing centers。The severe epidemic situation has, to a certain extent, continued the substitution effect of China's exports。
As far as the trade structure is concerned, the import and export of general trade increased, and the proportion increased, indicating that the foreign trade structure is constantly optimized。January to August, general trade import and export 15.36 trillion yuan, an increase of 26 over the previous year.9% of the total value of foreign trade, 62%, an increase over the previous year.Six percentage points。In terms of trading partners, China's imports and exports to major trading partners such as ASEAN, the European Union and the United States have increased。From January to August, ASEAN was my largest trading partner, and the volume of trade with ASEAN was 3.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.8%, accounting for 14% of China's total foreign trade.5%。The United States is the third largest trading partner, and its trade volume increased by 25 percent year-on-year.8%。
It should be noted that the import and export of private enterprises has grown fastest, and the proportion has increased, which has become a highlight of China's foreign trade development this year。According to statistics, from January to August this year, the total import and export volume of private enterprises was 11.92 trillion yuan, an increase of 29.9%, total foreign trade value of 48%.1 percent, up 2 percent from a year earlier.Three percentage points。
"From 1 to 8 months this year, China's private import and export performance enterprises reached 42.70,000, up 9% from a year earlier。Li Kuiwen said that in particular, these private enterprises, especially a number of foreign trade "specialized and new" small and medium-sized enterprises, have high participation in foreign trade, flexibility and flexibility, and have become an important source of steadily improving the vitality of China's foreign trade development。
In terms of import value, commodity imports were mixed。Among them, the import of iron ore, crude oil, coal and other commodities fell sharply, and soybean imports rose。It should be noted that the total amount of integrated circuit imports and mechanical and electrical products reached 4240.500 million, an increase of 27.2%。
At present, the global epidemic is still evolving, the external environment is more complex and severe, and the growth rate of foreign trade is expected to decline in the fourth quarter。Li Kuiwen said that the recurrence of the global epidemic has increased the uncertainty and instability of the world economic recovery。Yang Changyong believes that with the acceleration of supply repair in relevant countries and regions, the external demand of developed economies will fall, and the pressure on China's foreign trade will increase。