In the first half of the year, the total value of Jiangsu’s foreign trade import and export was 2.64 trillion yuan – Xinhua English.news.cn

Statistics released by Nanjing Customs show that in the first half of this year, Jiangsu Province’s foreign trade imports and exports have achieved steady growth, and the vitality of foreign trade operators has been further enhanced.

Statistics show that in the first half of the year, the total value of Jiangsu’s foreign trade import and export was 2.64 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10%, an increase of 0.6 percentage points higher than the national overall growth rate, accounting for 13.3% of the country’s total import and export value. Among them, exports were 1.66 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.3%; imports were 973.71 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2%.

Judging from the main characteristics of foreign trade import and export in the first half of the year, in the first half of the year, the general trade import and export of Jiangsu Province was 1.51 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.9%, accounting for 57.2% of the total foreign trade import and export value of Jiangsu Province, an increase of 0.5 percentage points year-on-year, and the trade structure continued. optimization. In terms of major trading partners, there has been steady growth. Jiangsu’s imports and exports to the EU, ASEAN, the United States and South Korea have increased by 9.8%, 11.5%, 8% and 19.9% ​​respectively.

From the perspective of exports, despite the increasing external environmental risks and challenges, the global economy is still showing a recovery trend in general, and the international market demand remains stable. With the increasing demand for clean energy and new energy vehicles in the European Union, the United States, and ASEAN, Jiangsu Province relies on a complete new energy industry system. In the first half of the year, the export of mechanical and electrical products performed well, reaching 1.09 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.9%, accounting for 1.09 trillion yuan in total exports. 65.4% of the value. Among them, exports of solar cells, mobile phones, and lithium-ion batteries have all achieved substantial growth. In terms of imports, as the epidemic situation in the province has been effectively controlled, production demand has gradually recovered and improved, providing strong support for the growth of imports. Among them, the import of mechanical and electrical products was 550.15 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5%, accounting for 56.5% of the total import value. During the same period, the import of agricultural products was 71.53 billion yuan, an increase of 15.6%.

(Reported by Zhang He, Feng Shuiqing and Kang Jian, reporters from Jiangsu Radio and Television Station Rong Media News Center)