In the first two months, Sichuan’s foreign trade exports maintained growth, and private enterprises became the largest trade subject.

On March 16th, a train loaded with goods left Chengdu International Railway Port. Photo by Bai Guibin (Visual Sichuan)

● The import and export of private enterprises was 65.67 billion yuan, up 16.0% year-on-year, accounting for 46.2%.

● The number of inbound and outbound flights and China-Europe trains in the province increased by 25.4% and 61.0% respectively.

On March 14th, the reporter learned from Chengdu Customs that in the first two months, the total import and export value of goods trade in Sichuan was 142.21 billion yuan, ranking ninth in the country. Among them, exports were 97.51 billion yuan, up 1.4% year-on-year; Imports reached 44.70 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 28.8%.

From the data changes, in the first two months, our province’s general trade surpassed processing trade and became the largest trade mode in the province, and the new trade format grew rapidly. Import and export by general trade amounted to 63.84 billion yuan, up 16.8% year-on-year, up 10.5 percentage points over the same period of last year.

From the perspective of market entities, private enterprises have become the largest trade entity in our province. In the first two months, the import and export of private enterprises in our province was 65.67 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.0%, accounting for 46.2%, accounting for more than that of foreign-funded enterprises.

From the perspective of major trading partners, ASEAN, the United States and the European Union remained the top three trading partners of our province in the first two months. The import and export of South Korea, Australia and Africa increased rapidly. Our province’s import and export to South Korea was 10.67 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 41.3%; Our province’s import and export to Australia was 9.45 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.7 times; Imports and exports to Africa reached 5.38 billion yuan, up 10.8% year-on-year.

From the perspective of cities and prefectures in the province, in the first two months, Chengdu imported and exported 115.05 billion yuan, accounting for 80.9% of the total foreign trade import and export value of our province in the same period; The year-on-year growth rates of imports and exports in Mianyang, Yibin and Deyang are all above 25%; The import and export of Dazhou, Suining, Ya ‘an and Bazhong all increased exponentially.

In terms of product categories, the export of labor-intensive products was 12.32 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.1%; The export of tablet computers was 11.14 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.3%; The export of household appliances was 1.91 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 74.2%. Imported all kinds of lithium battery materials were 7.84 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.7 times; Imported pulp was 770 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 128.6%.

According to statistics, the logistics operation recovered steadily in the first two months. The number of inbound and outbound flights in the province and the number of trains in China and Europe increased by 25.4% and 61.0% respectively, and the vitality of foreign trade accelerated.(Reporter Chen Bihong)