Enhance the power of internal circulation and open up the path of external circulation. Since the beginning of this year, Hui'an has focused on the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade, continued to stimulate the vitality and heat of the consumer market, promoted high-level opening up, continuously cultivated new quality productivity, shaped new development momentum and new advantages, and boosted high-quality economic and social development.
Improve quality and efficiency
Unleash the economic vitality of ports
On April 24, a batch of 134,000 tons of imported bonded crude oil was successfully unloaded into the 200,000 cubic meter bonded storage tank of Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd. in the Qinglanshan reservoir area of Sinochem Douwei Port Area, and the scene was busy.
"The bonded warehouse was restarted in August 2023. Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd. uses the unique functions of "tax deferral", "withdrawal at any time, tax payment at any time" in bonded warehouses to freely arrange production according to the price fluctuations and capital turnover of crude oil in the international market, so as to reduce part of the capital cost. Up to now, the warehouse has handled about 1.813 million tons of crude oil imports, increasing foreign trade volume by about 8.07 billion yuan. Wu Zewei, the relevant person in charge of the import crude oil business of Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd., said.
Next door to the Sinochem reservoir area, the terminal business of Fujian Gangfeng Energy Co., Ltd. at berth 7 is also busy. This is a 30,000-ton liquid chemical berth, which can berth one 3,000-ton and one 5,000-ton ship at the same time, and was approved to open in March last year. "Since the opening of the import and export business, up to now, our company's terminal has accumulated 56 foreign ship operations, completed the foreign trade cargo throughput of 396,000 tons, the import and export volume of more than 1.8 billion yuan, the main import and export goods are methanol, toluene, pure benzene and other chemicals. You Guihua, senior deputy general manager of the operation safety department of Fujian Gangfeng Energy Co., Ltd., introduced.
Expand the "circle of friends", draw "concentric circles", and build a new pattern of high-level opening up. It is understood that at present, there are 14 berths open to the public in Hui'an County. Relying on the advantages of opening up to the outside world and Gangfeng Logistics Terminal, we will further expand the import and export scale of chemical products such as toluene, styrene, and aviation coal. In terms of optimizing port customs clearance services, a port joint inspection service center is specially planned and built in the Douwei port area, and the customs clearance mode of "joint inspection and one-time release" is adopted to provide "one-stop" inspection services for ships calling at the port, so as to effectively improve the efficiency of customs clearance. Adhering to a good operation model, the total import and export volume of Hui'an County in 2023 will be 12.52 billion yuan, an increase of 52.7%, ranking first in the city. In the first quarter of this year, Hui'an expects the import and export volume to reach 3.96 billion yuan, an increase of 90.75%.
Towards the new
"Early adopter" enterprises benefit a lot
At present, domestic and international dual circulation has become the norm. The General Office of the State Council issued at the end of last year "Several Measures for Accelerating the Integrated Development of Domestic and Foreign Trade", which proposed to promote the docking of domestic and foreign trade market channels, and some enterprises in Hui'an are working hard to explore this.
Fujian Qifeng Technology Co., Ltd. is a manufacturing enterprise mainly engaged in R&D, production and sales of sanitary materials such as breathable membranes and breathable composite membranes. At the beginning of the year, the company received its first annual order of more than one million US dollars, which was also the first time that the company's foreign trade business expanded abroad in a direct way.
"This order is mainly sold to the Middle East and other places, and the products sold are breathable membranes. Gao Yongkang, general manager of the company, introduced that the company continued to make efforts in terms of product quality and price, introduced the best production equipment on the market, and the product quality was stable, which was more cost-effective than other countries' products, and won the favor of customers. At present, the company's foreign trade business orders have grown steadily, and its products are sold to Japan, South Korea, the Middle East, India, Africa, South America and other places, achieving a "good start" in business expansion.
Meike Paper Co., Ltd. production workshop
If Qifeng Technology Co., Ltd. is a "newcomer" in foreign trade, Fujian Meike Paper Co., Ltd. is a "veteran" in foreign trade. Meike Paper Co., Ltd. specializes in the production and sales of baby diapers/sheets, baby pull-up pants, adult diapers and other sanitary products, and the products are exported to 32 countries and regions in Europe, Asia, Africa and so on. In the company's production workshop, the workers are working seriously in their respective positions, and the production lines are running at high speed, the machinery is roaring, and the production scene is exciting. It is understood that in the first quarter of this year, the company has completed the output of 180 million pieces of various products, with an output value of 250 million yuan.
"Our company is a foreign trade enterprise, 95% of the products are sold abroad, and has established cooperative relations with large foreign supermarkets, and this year's orders are stable. Li Jinhua, director of personnel administration of Meike Paper Co., Ltd., said that in the next stage, they will actively participate in various exhibitions to expand sales channels, and the company will also introduce intelligent production and storage equipment to further reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Stabilize exports and take the lead, and the main forces of foreign trade have shown their powers. As a company specializing in comprehensive foreign trade services, Zhongtai Import & Export Co., Ltd. has been deeply engaged in this field for more than 20 years, and currently provides import and export services across many industries such as stone, clothing, footwear, and luggage.
"For example, the company's agent of Hui'an stone and stone carving products export, although the number of sales to Japan has shrunk this year, but the number of sales to other countries has increased, and the overall export volume is growing. Wu Taiyu, chairman of Zhongtai Import and Export Co., Ltd., introduced that the number of import and export products represented by the company has increased by nearly 20% since the first quarter, including the government's favorable policy guidance for enterprises, the optimization and upgrading of the company's Zhenghe Port platform and the launch of the "Zhenghe Port Foreign Exchange Collection System", etc., to promote the continuous increase in the company's service cross-border e-commerce customers. In terms of good service, the company has also set up overseas warehouses in Russia, the United States, the Philippines and other countries, which can provide customers with services such as warehousing, display, distribution, return and exchange and market research abroad, so as to facilitate customers to expand their business.
It is understood that in order to promote the high-quality development of foreign trade, Hui'an continued to "go out" to expand the market in the first quarter. A total of 452 exhibitions in 9 phases of key overseas exhibition information in 2024 will be released to encourage enterprises to participate in overseas exhibitions. County leaders led a team to Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other places to carry out a series of business investigations, investment promotion, trade negotiations and other activities. At the same time, carry out special questionnaire surveys on foreign trade, encrypt and speed up the implementation of foreign trade policies, promote enterprises to export more, guide enterprises to participate in export credit insurance, receive government policy insurance, guide enterprises to export orders and goods from local customs declaration, and accurately tap the potential to promote return.
Multi-directional force
Unleash your consumption potential in an all-round way
As one of the "troikas" driving economic development, consumption directly affects the vitality of the urban economy. In addition to the revitalization and heating up of foreign trade, since the beginning of this year, focusing on domestic trade circulation and consumption upgrading, Hui'an has continued to optimize the policy of promoting consumption, tapping the potential of consumption growth, actively expanding domestic demand, and building a new pattern of consumption.
"Focusing on the 'May Day' node, we plan to hold the second Hui'an Home Life Festival, with the theme of 'rejuvenating' a good life to promote consumption, and jointly hold a series of activities such as home appliance trade-in, free decoration design, and food market in Hui'an home appliances, building materials, automobiles, and restaurants, providing one-stop services for home decoration design, building materials procurement, and home appliance installation, fully activating the consumption of the home life market and driving the new growth of home consumption. The relevant person in charge of the Hui'an County Bureau of Industry and Information Technology and Commerce introduced.
Grasp the quality and expansion of consumption. In February this year, Hui'an launched the 5th Consumption Festival, which was carried out in accordance with the "1+4+N" system, that is, a launching ceremony was held, focusing on the theme of "spring, summer, autumn and winter" four seasons of consumption, focusing on theme activities, automobile activities, business district activities, and corporate activities to activate the consumption vitality in the county. In the first quarter, a series of consumption promotion activities were held in conjunction with core business districts and key commercial and trade enterprises around New Year's goods, automobiles, accommodation and catering. Up to now, a total of 39,866 government consumption vouchers have been issued, with an amount of more than 4 million yuan, and more than 80,000 people have participated in the activities, driving sales of more than 4.4 million yuan.
At the same time, the first quarter of the car purchase subsidy activities, focusing on the field of automobile consumption, up to now, a total of 367 cars have been sold, a total of 1.521 million yuan of car purchase subsidies have been generated, driving direct sales of cars to more than 60 million yuan. During the Spring Festival, the county received a total of 670,200 tourists, an increase of 124.65%, and achieved a tourism income of 560 million yuan, an increase of 106.8%, and the number of tourists received and the total tourism income reached a record high.
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Editor in charge: Huang Donghong