Foreign trade is an effective means of stimulating economic growth. Xuanhan County has always adhered to the development of open and empowering industries, seized overseas markets, and taken multiple measures to promote the stability and quality of foreign trade work. In the first quarter of this year, Xuanhan County completed more than 300 million yuan in foreign trade import and export, a year-on-year increase of 20%, achieving a "good start".
In the production workshop of Sichuan Maikelong Vacuum New Materials Co., Ltd., production lines are running at high speed, and workers are working at full speed to make a batch of orders that are about to be sent to Europe and the United States. Since the beginning of this year, the company's operating performance has risen steadily, among which the growth of the company's foreign trade orders has played a vital role.
Chen Yongjin, sales manager of Sichuan Maikelong Vacuum New Materials Co., Ltd.: Our sales in the first quarter have reached more than 90 million yuan, of which more than 20 million yuan are exported independently, accounting for 23% of total sales, an increase of 45% over last year.
Sichuan Maikelong Vacuum New Materials Co., Ltd. is an enterprise focusing on the R&D and manufacturing of VIP vacuum insulation panels and their derivatives, providing systematic high-efficiency and energy-saving insulation solutions for home appliance refrigeration, biomedical, cold chain transportation, building wall insulation and other industries and fields. Since its establishment in 2017, the company has actively expanded the international market and has achieved trade contacts with more than 20 countries and regions around the world.
Chen Yongjin, sales manager of Sichuan Maikelon Vacuum New Materials Co., Ltd.: The vacuum insulation board we produce has the advantages of green and environmental protection, and is the best thermal insulation material in the industry, mainly sold to the United States, Mexico, Turkey, South Korea, Thailand and other countries, the current independent export orders in April have reached 5 million yuan, and our production line has reached a saturated state, and strive to exceed 90 million yuan in exports this year.
On the basis of doing a good job in foreign trade production, Xuanhan County also actively guides enterprises to carry out product research and development. Sichuan Mingyangxing Lighting Electric Co., Ltd. is an enterprise engaged in the manufacture of various lighting and Christmas bulbs, with a daily output of 100,000 and all products exported to Europe and the United States. In order to seize more overseas markets, the company continues to invest manpower, material resources and financial resources to develop new products and enhance the core competitiveness of the product market.
Liu Dong, general manager of Sichuan Mingyangxing Lighting Electric Co., Ltd.: We have invested more than 1 million yuan in research and development funds this year, and on the basis of the original 15 series of bulbs, we have developed 5 series of bulbs such as C type and G type. At present, the sales of new products in the first quarter have reached 7 million yuan, exceeding the sales target in the first quarter.
Promote high-quality development with high-level opening-up. Xuanhan County adheres to the promotion of foreign trade import and export as an important starting point for the development of an open economy, and continuously strengthens the cultivation of market entities, the construction of sales platforms, policy incentives and subsidies, and the improvement of quality and efficiency, so as to promote the steady growth of foreign trade. In 2023, Xuanhan County will achieve a total of 1.013 billion yuan in foreign trade import and export, a year-on-year increase of 66.3%, and there will be 10 import and export enterprises. In the first quarter of this year, the import and export volume of foreign trade exceeded 300 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20%.
Zou Li, Director of the Xuanhan County Bureau of Commerce: We will rely on advantageous industries such as natural gas, sulfur, microglass fiber, lithium and potassium, pay close attention to industrial chain extension and policy incentives, help local enterprises introduce foreign trade practical talents, improve market share and competitiveness, promote foreign trade performance to return to the local area, and strive to achieve more than 1.1 billion yuan of foreign trade import and export volume throughout the year.