In the first quarter, the total value of foreign trade imports and exports in the city increased by 42.2% year-on-year.
327 new customs declaration units have been registered, and the number of foreign trade operators has exceeded 4500.
Hebei Daily News (Reporter Bai Zeng’an, Correspondent Wu Ying) learned from Handan Customs that in the first quarter of this year, the total import and export value of foreign trade in Handan City was 6.74 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 42.2%, ranking second in the province and 27.2 percentage points higher than the province. In the first quarter of this year, there were 327 new customs declaration units registered in the jurisdiction of Handan City, and the number of foreign trade operators exceeded 4500.
In the first quarter, the import and export of foreign trade in Handan City mainly presented several characteristics. The import and export of foreign-invested enterprises have significantly increased. In terms of enterprise nature, private enterprises imported and exported 3.67 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%, accounting for 54.5% of the total import and export value; State owned enterprises imported and exported 1.25 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.5%; The import and export of foreign-invested enterprises reached 1.82 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8 times. In terms of trade methods, the import and export of general trade methods reached 6.44 billion yuan, an increase of 41.3%, accounting for 95.5% of the total import and export value.
Diversification of trading partners has been promoted, and India has risen to become the largest trading partner, with significant growth in imports and exports to ASEAN, Australia, and Brazil. In the first quarter, Handan City’s import and export to India amounted to 1.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.1 times, accounting for 19.3% of the city’s total import and export value; Import and export to ASEAN amounted to 1.01 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 96.0%. Among them, import and export to Vietnam and Thailand amounted to 410 million yuan and 270 million yuan, respectively, a year-on-year increase of 3.8 times and 1.1 times; Import and export to Australia amounted to 860 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 57.4%; Import and export to Brazil amounted to 590 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.9 times; Import and export to the European Union amounted to 570 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%.
In the first quarter, the export of mechanical and electrical products in Handan City reached 1.05 billion yuan, accounting for 33.3% of the total export value. Exports of fasteners, agricultural products, and ceramic products all achieved double-digit growth. The export of fasteners reached 360 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.1%; Steel exports amounted to 780 million yuan, accounting for 24.8% of the total export value; The export of agricultural products reached 220 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.8%. During the same period, the export of textile yarn, fabrics and their products reached 100 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%; The export of ceramic products reached 40 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.6%.
The imported goods are mainly iron ore sand, and the import value of agricultural products has doubled. The import of iron ore sand and its concentrate reached 2.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.6 times, accounting for 78.0% of the total import value. In particular, the return of iron ore sand import data has driven the city’s import growth rate to rank first in the province. The import of agricultural products reached 490 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.8 times.
It is reported that the Handan Customs will launch a full report distribution management system in 2023, solving the problem of iron ore leaving the Wu’an B-type bonded logistics center. In the first quarter, the city’s imports and exports increased 25 times through bonded logistics.
Post time: May-11-2024