In October, Henan's Foreign Trade Import and Export Value Increased by 23.4% Year-on-year, 18.8 Percentage Points Higher than the National Growth Rate in the Same Period

 

 

On November 13, the reporter learned from Zhengzhou Customs that in the first 10 months of this year, Henan's total foreign trade import and export value was RMB 647.4 billion. Among them, the import and export value in October was RMB 105.75 billion, up 23.4% year-on-year, 18.8 percentage points higher than the national growth rate during the same period, hitting a monthly high since December 2020.

From the perspective of trade mode, the proportion of general trade that has a strong driving force on the industrial chain will increase and the structure of foreign trade will be more balanced. In the first 10 months, Henan's import and export value of general trade reached RMB 270.09 billion, up 4.8% year on year, accounting for 41.7% of the province's total foreign trade value, an increase of 2.5 percentage points over the same period last year.

From the perspective of foreign trade operators, the number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance has increased by 10%, and their scale continues to grow. In terms of the number of active enterprises, in the first 10 months, the number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in our province reached 12,318, up 10.6% year on year, with a net increase of 1,177. Among them, there are 820 key enterprises with an import and export value of more than 50 million yuan, accounting for 90.1% of the province's total foreign trade value, providing strong support for Henan's foreign trade.

In terms of import and export markets, Henan's import and export to ASEAN, EU, India, Mexico and other countries and regions have increased rapidly. In the first 10 months, Henan's import and export to ASEAN reached RMB 89.19 billion, with a year-on-year increase of 4.4%; that to the EU was RMB 81.91 billion, with a year-on-year increase of 10.9%; that to India was RMB 26.66 billion, with a year-on-year increase of 43.1%; that to Mexico was RMB 23.66 billion, with a year-on-year increase of 13.2%. During the same period, Henan's imports and exports to the Belt and Road partner countries reached 295.22 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2%.

The rapid growth of exports of automobiles, aluminum products, silver and furniture was the main highlight of Henan's foreign trade exports in the first 10 months, all showing double-digit growth. Exports increased by RMB 13.45 billion in total, driving up the province's foreign trade export growth rate by 3.1 percentage points. Specifically, the exports of automobiles, aluminum materials, silver and furniture in Henan reached 25.88 billion yuan, 20.62 billion yuan, 9.11 billion yuan, 23.7% and 8.4 billion yuan respectively, up 22.7%, 39.2%, 23.7% and 15.3% year on year.

In terms of new growth drivers for foreign trade, in the first 10 months, Henan exported RMB 8.87 billion of "New Three" products, up 9.9% year on year. Among them, the export of electric vehicles was RMB 6.03 billion, with a year-on-year increase of 72.7%.

There are 10 places in the province with imports and exports exceeding RMB 12 billion, namely Zhengzhou, Jiyuan, Luoyang, Xuchang, Sanmenxia, Jiaozuo, Kaifeng, Puyang, Nanyang and Xinxiang, accounting for 93.6% of the total foreign trade value of the province. (Reporter Li Xiaohan; Correspondent Hou Fangjian)

 

 

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Disclaimer：The above content is translated from Chinese version of Henan Daily. The Henan Daily version shall prevail.