General Administration of Customs: China’s import and export increased by 5.8% in the first four months of this year.

Cctv newsAccording to customs statistics, in the first four months of this year, China’s total import and export value was 13.32 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%. Among them, exports were 7.67 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.6%; Imports were 5.65 trillion yuan, up by 0.02%; The trade surplus was 2.02 trillion yuan, up 56.7%. In dollar terms, China’s total import and export value in the first four months of this year was 1.94 trillion US dollars, down 1.9%. Among them, exports were 1.12 trillion US dollars, up 2.5%; Imports reached US$ 822.76 billion, down 7.3%; The trade surplus was $294.19 billion, an increase of 45%.

  In April this year, China’s import and export amounted to 3.43 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.9%. Among them, exports were 2.02 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.8%; Imports were 1.41 trillion yuan, down 0.8%; The trade surplus was 618.44 billion yuan, up 96.5%. In dollar terms, China’s import and export in April this year was US$ 500.63 billion, an increase of 1.1%. Among them, the export was 295.42 billion US dollars, an increase of 8.5%; Imports reached US$ 205.21 billion, down 7.9%; The trade surplus was $90.21 billion, an increase of 82.3%.

  Main features of China’s foreign trade import and export in the first four months of this year:

  The proportion of import and export of general trade has increased. In the first four months, China’s general trade import and export was 8.72 trillion yuan, up 8.5%, accounting for 65.4% of China’s total foreign trade, up 1.6 percentage points over the same period last year. Among them, exports reached 5.01 trillion yuan, up by 14.1%; Imports reached 3.71 trillion yuan, up by 1.8%. In the same period, the import and export of processing trade was 2.38 trillion yuan, down 9.8%, accounting for 17.9%. Among them, exports were 1.57 trillion yuan, down 4.7%; Imports reached 810.78 billion yuan, down 18.2%. In addition, China’s import and export by bonded logistics was 1.73 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.4%. Among them, the export was 676.42 billion yuan, an increase of 23.4%; Imports reached 1.05 trillion yuan, up by 10.8%.

  Imports and exports to ASEAN and the European Union increased, while those to the United States and Japan declined. In the first four months, ASEAN was my largest trading partner, and my total trade with ASEAN was 2.09 trillion yuan, up by 13.9%, accounting for 15.7% of my total foreign trade. Among them, exports to ASEAN were 1.27 trillion yuan, an increase of 24.1%; Imports from ASEAN reached 820.03 billion yuan, up by 1.1%; The trade surplus with ASEAN was 451.55 billion yuan, an increase of 111.4%. The EU is my second largest trading partner, and my total trade with the EU is 1.8 trillion yuan, up by 4.2%, accounting for 13.5%. Among them, exports to the EU reached 1.17 trillion yuan, up by 3.2%; Imports from the EU reached 631.35 billion yuan, an increase of 5.9%; The trade surplus with the EU was 541.46 billion yuan, up 0.3%. The United States is my third largest trading partner, and my total trade with the United States is 1.5 trillion yuan, down 4.2%, accounting for 11.2%. Among them, exports to the United States were 1.09 trillion yuan, down 7.5%; Imports from the United States were 410.06 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8%; The trade surplus with the United States was 676.89 billion yuan, narrowing by 14.1%. Japan is my fourth largest trading partner, and my total trade with Japan is 731.66 billion yuan, down 2.6%, accounting for 5.5%. Among them, exports to Japan were 375.24 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7%; Imports from Japan were 356.42 billion yuan, down 12.1%; The trade surplus with Japan was 18.82 billion yuan, compared with a trade deficit of 60.44 billion yuan in the same period last year. In the same period, China’ sThe total import and export of countries along the Belt and Road Initiative was 4.61 trillion yuan, an increase of 16%. Among them, exports were 2.76 trillion yuan, an increase of 26%; Imports reached 1.85 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.8%.

  The proportion of import and export of private enterprises exceeds 50%. In the first four months, the import and export of private enterprises was 7.05 trillion yuan, up 15.8%, accounting for 52.9% of China’s total foreign trade, up 4.6 percentage points over the same period last year. Among them, exports were 4.86 trillion yuan, up 20.2%, accounting for 63.3% of the total export value; Imports reached 2.19 trillion yuan, up 7.1%, accounting for 38.8% of the total import value. The import and export of state-owned enterprises was 2.18 trillion yuan, up 5.7%, accounting for 16.4% of China’s total foreign trade. Among them, exports were 605.24 billion yuan, up by 13.6%; Imports reached 1.57 trillion yuan, an increase of 3%. In the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 4.06 trillion yuan, down 8.2%, accounting for 30.5% of China’s total foreign trade. Among them, exports were 2.2 trillion yuan, down 6.9%; Imports reached 1.86 trillion yuan, down 9.8%.

  Exports of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products all increased. In the first four months, China exported 4.44 trillion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 10.5%, accounting for 57.9% of the total export value. Among them, the automobile was 204.53 billion yuan, an increase of 120.3%; Mobile phones reached 282.95 billion yuan, down 3.2%. In the same period, the export of labor products was 1.31 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.8%, accounting for 17.1%. Among them, clothing and clothing accessories were 330.46 billion yuan, an increase of 10.6%; Textiles reached 307.84 billion yuan, down by 0.8%; Plastic products reached 235.15 billion yuan, up by 12.6%.

  The import price of iron ore, crude oil and coal increased and fell, the import price of natural gas decreased, and the import price of soybean increased. In the first four months, China imported 385 million tons of iron ore, up 8.6%, and the average import price (the same below) was 781.4 yuan per ton, down 4.6%; 179 million tons of crude oil, up by 4.6% to 4017.7 yuan per ton, down by 8.9%; 142 million tons of coal, an increase of 88.8%, 897.5 yuan per ton, down 11.8%; Refined oil was 13.587 million tons, up 68.6% and 4084.4 yuan per ton, down 19.1%. In the same period, imported natural gas was 35.687 million tons, a decrease of 0.3% and 4,151 yuan per ton, an increase of 8%. In addition, 30.286 million tons of soybeans were imported, up by 6.8% to 4,559.8 yuan per ton, up by 14.1%. Imports of plastics with primary shapes were 9.511 million tons, down by 7.6%, and 10.8% per ton was 10,800 yuan; The unwrought copper and copper products reached 1,695,000 tons, down by 12.6% to 61,000 yuan per ton, down by 5.8%. In the same period, the import of mechanical and electrical products was 1.93 trillion yuan, down 14.4%. Among them, there were 146.84 billion integrated circuits, a decrease of 21.1%, with a value of 724.08 billion yuan, a decrease of 19.8%; There were 225,000 automobiles, a decrease of 28.9% and a value of 100.41 billion yuan, a decrease of 21.6%.