Qilu Network Lightning News January 19 news Foreign trade situation is the barometer of the economy. On January 17, Qingdao Customs and Jinan Customs jointly released the 2021 Shandong foreign trade import and export data, import and export in 2021 2.93 trillion yuan, of which exports of 1.76 trillion yuan, an increase of 34.8%, an increase of 58.0% over 2019; imports of 1.17 trillion yuan, an increase of 29.0%, an increase of 25.5% over 2019. Overall, in 2021, the foundation for the steady and qualitative increase in the import and export volume of Shandong Province's foreign trade will be further consolidated, the scale will reach a new high, the quality will be steadily improved, and a good start in the province's "14th Five-Year Plan" foreign trade will be achieved.
The data shows that Shandong's import and export, export and import growth rates are higher than the national average, in the country's top 6 major foreign trade provinces and cities, Shandong import and export growth rates are ranked first, import growth rate ranks third. Foreign trade has been paddled against the current, creating extraordinary achievements, showing the strong resilience and comprehensive competitiveness of Shandong Province, among which many highlights and characteristics worthy of attention have emerged. u3000u3000
The achievement of eye-catching results has benefited from the empowerment of new formats and new models. In 2021, the total import and export of enterprises in the Shandong Pilot Free Trade Zone was 384.34 billion yuan, an increase of 39.4%, and the number of enterprises in the Pilot Free Trade Zone with import and export performance reached 3294, an increase of 416 over the previous year, and the driving role of the Pilot Free Trade Zone as a new highland for opening up to the outside world has become increasingly prominent. In the same period, Shandong's market procurement mode exports of 107.75 billion yuan, an increase of 213.7%, accounting for 6.1% of the total export value, accounting for 3.5 percentage points. Last year, the development of the comprehensive insurance zone in Shandong Province also achieved a double rise in quality and efficiency; Qingdao Jimo and Zibo comprehensive free trade zones successfully passed the acceptance of the eight ministries and commissions of the state, and all 13 comprehensive insurance zones in the province achieved customs sealing operation, ranking 3rd among all provinces and cities in the country, and covering 9 prefectures and cities with the best foreign trade development in the province. At the same time, the import and export value of the province's comprehensive insurance zone reached 488.42 billion yuan, an increase of 93.8% year-on-year, accounting for 16.7% of the province's total foreign trade import and export value, an increase of 5.3 percentage points over 2020, and the contribution to the growth of the province's foreign trade reached 32.9%, and the role of the comprehensive insurance zone as an open platform to the outside world played an outstanding role. The pulling effect of these new platforms and new models on Shandong's foreign trade is becoming more and more obvious.
While the foreign trade data reached a new high, the structure also showed a trend of obvious optimization. In 2021, the export of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products in Shandong will grow rapidly. Among them, mechanical and electrical products are the most important export commodities in Shandong, and the province's mechanical and electrical products exports of 758.56 billion yuan, an increase of 35.8%, accounting for 43.1% of the total export value; Shandong's exports of labor-intensive products amounted to 366.87 billion yuan, an increase of 27.9%, accounting for 20.9% of the total export value, accounting for a decline of 1.1 percentage points. This means that the structure of Shandong's foreign trade export commodities is continuously optimized, the added value of export commodities is getting higher and higher, and the competitiveness and comprehensive benefits are constantly improving.
Foreign trade is inseparable from the international market, and we should actively participate in international coordination and cooperation to create a good international environment for the development of foreign trade. As the free trade agreement with the largest population, the largest economic and trade scale and the most development potential in the world, RCEP is of great significance to Shandong. With the official implementation of the RCEP, it will promote Shandong to benchmark international high-level economic and trade rules, accelerate the promotion of institutional opening up, and provide major opportunities and important opportunities for Shandong to build a new highland for opening up to the outside world. It is foreseeable that the effective implementation of RCEP will effectively smooth Shandong's regional industrial chain supply chain, promote stable foreign trade and stable foreign investment, and play an important role in Promoting Domestic and International Dual Circulation and Accelerating the Construction of a New Development Pattern.
Looking forward to the future, it is believed that with the continuous release of the effect of a series of stable foreign trade policy measures, Shandong's foreign trade is expected to continue to sail and create greater achievements. The improvement of foreign trade will undoubtedly be able to better smooth the domestic cycle, promote the domestic and international double cycle, and provide strong support for the construction of a new development pattern.
Lightning News reporter Liu Yan reported