According to the statistics of Fuzhou Customs, in the first four months of this year, the foreign trade import and export of Fujian Province was 639.43 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5% over the same period last year (the same below). Among them, exports were 379.75 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7%; imports were 259.68 billion yuan, an increase of 10.7%. The main features are:
General trade growth was good. In the first four months, the import and export of general trade in Fujian Province was 500.25 billion yuan, an increase of 14.5%, accounting for 78.2% of the total value of foreign trade import and export in Fujian Province during the same period. During the same period, the import and export of bonded logistics was 59.06 billion yuan, an increase of 42.9%, accounting for 9.2%. The import and export of processing trade was 54.57 billion yuan, down 34.2%, accounting for 8.5%.
Private enterprises occupy a leading position. In the first four months, the import and export of private enterprises in Fujian Province was 372.93 billion yuan, an increase of 20.6%, accounting for 58.3% of the total value of foreign trade import and export of Fujian Province during the same period. During the same period, the import and export of state-owned enterprises was 143.92 billion yuan, an increase of 13.1%, accounting for 22.5%. The import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 122.12 billion yuan, down 16.8%, accounting for 19.1%.
Double-digit growth in imports and exports to ASEAN and the EU. In the first four months, Fujian's import and export to ASEAN was 144.69 billion yuan, an increase of 19.7%; the import and export to the EU was 79.03 billion yuan, an increase of 11.5%; the import and export to the United States was 78.05 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.5%. The above three together accounted for 47.2% of the total import and export value of Fujian Province during the same period. During the same period, the import and export to countries along the “Belt and Road” was 257.37 billion yuan, an increase of 20.5%; the import and export to RCEP trading partners was 230.2 billion yuan, an increase of 17.5%.
Exports of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products maintained growth. In the first four months, the export of mechanical and electrical products in Fujian Province was 164.25 billion yuan, an increase of 26%, accounting for 43.3% of the total export value of Fujian Province in the same period. Among them, the export of lithium-ion batteries increased by 159.5%; the export of automatic data processing equipment and its parts increased by 4.9%. The export of labor-intensive products was 109.47 billion yuan, an increase of 2.4%, accounting for 28.8%. During the same period, the export of agricultural products was 25.8 billion yuan, down 6.3%, accounting for 6.8%.
Most imported bulk commodities increased in volume and fell in price. In the first 4 months, the import volume of iron ore, coal, crude oil and copper ore in Fujian Province increased and the price fell. 15%, and the average import price fell by 9.6%, 1.4%, 9.8%, and 5.4% respectively.