The reporter learned from the General Administration of Customs today (August 7) that in the first seven months of this year, the total import and export value of the mainland's trade in goods was 24.83 trillion yuan, and the mainland's foreign trade maintained a steady and positive trend.
Domestic cosmetics sell well overseas
In Guangdong, a major province of foreign trade, the increase in foreign trade is not only supported by traditional fields, but also gathered in emerging industries. In recent years, with the increasing influence of Hanfu culture and costume TV dramas overseas, the domestic cosmetics industry, known as the "beauty economy", is accelerating its expansion into the sea.
Baiyun District of Guangzhou is one of the main gathering places of China's cosmetics industry, accounting for about a quarter of the country's cosmetics production enterprises, with an annual export value of 3 billion yuan.
Gu Jinyu, foreign trade director of a biotechnology company: Our products have been exported to more than 20 countries and regions around the world, such as Europe, America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Since the beginning of this year, the company's export volume has reached 20.18 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.78 times.
While domestic cosmetics brands are deeply cultivating quality and refining the core, the signing of a number of regional free trade agreements has also paved a broader channel for domestic cosmetics to "go to sea".
Yan Huiqing, Deputy Section Chief of the First Section of Government Affairs Service of Tianhe Customs under Guangzhou Customs: After the implementation of RCEP, skin care products, shampoos and other cosmetic products exported to Japan can enjoy preferential tariffs with RCEP certificates of origin, which alone can save about 10 million yuan in tariff costs for cosmetics enterprises in Baiyun District every year.
In the first seven months of this year, the scale of the mainland's foreign trade hit a new high
China's foreign trade has continued to reach new highs, relying on the continuous innovation and growth of various fields and industries in many places across the country.
In the first half of the year, the import and export value of the 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt reached 9.55 trillion yuan, a record high for the same period in history, accounting for 45.1% of the country's total import and export value.
As of July 18, the sea-rail intermodal business volume of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in Zhejiang Province reached 1.019 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 14.6%, and the time node of exceeding "one million containers" was 36 days earlier than in 2023.
On August 5, Zhengzhou Airport opened the "Zhengzhou-Paris" regular cargo route, mainly carrying cross-border e-commerce goods. The opening of this route has built a freight channel between the central region of China and France, which will better serve the transportation needs of the industrial chain supply chain between China and France.
Steady growth in exports Exports of consumer electronics are growing well
In the foreign trade report card of the first seven months released by the General Administration of Customs today, the "quality" of export products has been improved to "new", and the competitive advantage of "intelligent manufacturing in China" has been continuously enhanced.
The "event economy" continues to heat up, and large-screen TVs expand exports
At present, the Paris Olympics are hot, and large-screen LCD TVs produced by China are also frequently "out of the circle" in the international market.
In Nantong, Jiangsu, an electrical appliance company, this batch of LCD TVs that have just come off the assembly line are about to be sent to the Middle East market.
Wang Songbai, sales manager of Nantong Electric Appliance Company: In response to the viewing needs of overseas consumers for the European Cup and the Paris Olympic Games, we have launched a variety of independent brand large-screen smart LCD TVs, and the intelligent operating system supports voice control at the same time, and foreign consumers can freely control the TV through their own language.
Keeping up with consumer demand and continuously promoting product technology iteration and intelligent upgrading is an important magic weapon for Jiangsu private enterprises to expand the market overseas. In order to protect Chinese brands, customs and other departments have strengthened the protection of intellectual property rights for products going overseas and continuously improved the level of cross-border trade facilitation.
Zheng Tianxiang, Chief of the Comprehensive Business Section of Rugao Customs under Nanjing Customs: We further promote the application of the declaration measures of unit consumption before declaration in combination with the actual production of processing trade of enterprises, guide enterprises to carry out export business through bonded logistics centers, accelerate export tax rebates, and reduce the pressure on capital turnover of enterprises.
At present, under the new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the domestic and international dual cycles promoting each other, "brand going global" as a strategic opportunity for Chinese enterprises to seek high-quality development and new growth points has gradually become a market consensus.
Customs statistics show that in the first seven months of this year, mainland exports reached 14.26 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.7 percent.
The total export of mobile phones, home appliances and automatic data processing equipment was 1.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.1 percent.
The export of wind turbines, ships and automobiles grew rapidly, increasing by 86.3%, 84.4% and 20.7% respectively.
Lv Daliang, Director of the Department of Statistics and Analysis of the General Administration of Customs: The majority of foreign trade operators in the mainland actively adapt to market demand, continuously deepen product innovation and iteration, optimization and upgrading, and improve overseas demand, promoting the continuous growth of exports of consumer electronic products. As of July this year, the mainland's exports of household appliances have increased year-on-year for 17 consecutive months, and the monthly export value of mobile phones and computers has also achieved continuous growth.
The scale of imports has increased steadily
Customs statistics show that in the first seven months, with the continuous improvement of domestic production and the acceleration of imports of related products, the scale of mainland imports increased steadily.
Customs statistics show that in the first seven months of this year, the mainland imported 10.57 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.4 percent.
Imports of metal ores increased by 6.2%;
imports of energy products increased by 5.4%;
Imports of flat panel display modules and electronic components increased by 19.8% and 13.1% respectively;
imports of special equipment and high-end equipment increased by 23.3% and 6.8% respectively;
Imports of consumer goods such as clothing, dried and fresh melons and fruits increased by 8.6 percent and 4.3 percent respectively.
Lv Daliang, Director of the Department of Statistics and Analysis of the General Administration of Customs: At present, domestic production has grown steadily, demand has continued to recover, the overall economic operation is stable, and the structure has been continuously optimized, driving the steady growth of imports of major energy and mineral products, key components, important equipment and consumer goods. The mainland continues to provide the world with greater market space and more development opportunities with the advantage of a super-large market.
(CCTV reporter Kong Lingwen)
Editor: Wu Jiahong
Source: CCTV news client