Import and export of 444.59 billion yuan In the first three quarters of 2021, Guangxi's foreign trade import and export continued to grow at a high speed

Nanning, Guangxi News Network, 2 November (Reporter Song Yao)) On 2 November, this reporter learned from a press conference held by the Information Office of the Autonomous Regional Government that since the beginning of this year, our region has promoted the rapid growth of foreign trade imports and exports by strengthening policy guidance, promoting the innovative development of border trade, improving the quality of foreign trade development, and cultivating the development of new foreign trade formats.

According to customs statistics, in the first three quarters of 2021, the import and export of foreign trade in the whole region was 444.59 billion yuan, an increase of 29.3%, 6.6 percentage points higher than the national average, 6.4 percentage points higher than the western average, an increase of 28.1% over the same period in 2019, and an average growth of 13.2% in two years. Among them: exports of 219.62 billion yuan, an increase of 17.2%; imports of 224.97 billion yuan, an increase of 43.8%. The total import and export volume of foreign trade in our region ranks 14th in the country and 3rd in the western region.

The scene of the press conference. Photo by reporter Feng Yaohua

According to reports, the sustained and high-speed growth of Guangxi's foreign trade import and export is mainly due to the fact that the party Central Committee, the State Council, and the autonomous regional party committee and government have introduced a series of policies and measures to ensure the main body of the market, stabilize foreign trade and stabilize foreign investment, and promote the innovative development of foreign trade, focusing on promoting the steady and qualitative rise of foreign trade volume, which has effectively stabilized the basic foreign trade plan; the construction of the new land-sea corridor in the western region has been accelerated, and the advantages of Guangxi's large channel have been further brought into play, driving the import and export of bonded logistics to a substantial increase; the market diversification strategy has been deepening, and the diversified market has promoted the sustained growth of foreign trade. On the one hand, Guangxi is based on the advantages of ASEAN, deeply cultivates the ASEAN market and consolidates the traditional market, on the other hand, it supports enterprises to actively explore emerging markets and expand multi-field economic and trade cooperation; Guangxi's export-oriented industries cultivate and develop. In recent years, Guangxi's coastal industry has developed rapidly, and the import demand for resource commodities such as copper ore, iron ore, and soybeans is strong. At the same time, the implementation of the "Processing Trade Doubling Plan" and the "100 Enterprises into the Border" action to introduce export-oriented industries have promoted the import and export of high-value-added products such as electronic information and the import of agricultural products.

Li Shuo, deputy director of the Department of Commerce of the Autonomous Region, said that in the fourth quarter, our region will speed up the implementation of special key work, improve policy support to promote the import of bulk commodities, ensure the stable and rapid growth of processing trade, stabilize the scale of bonded logistics import and export, promote the stable development of border trade innovation, coordinate beigang group to fully guarantee the import and export of key foreign trade enterprises, maritime logistics and transportation, find ways to reduce the logistics costs of foreign trade enterprises, make every effort to stabilize the basic plate of foreign trade, ensure the main body and operation, and ensure the rapid growth of foreign trade throughout the year.

The reporter also learned from the press conference that since the beginning of this year, the number of newly established foreign-funded enterprises in our region, contract foreign capital, and foreign capital in manufacturing have maintained steady growth. According to statistics, in the first three quarters of 2021, 385 foreign-invested enterprises were newly established in the region, an increase of 32.3%; foreign investment in contracts was 4.7 billion US dollars, an increase of 56.7%; the actual utilization of foreign capital was 821 million US dollars (including investment companies); and the utilization of foreign capital in manufacturing increased by 51.6%.

In the next step, our district will vigorously grasp the promotion of key projects, implement the list of key projects to be invested, take responsibility to the people, closely follow the whole process of project establishment and capitalization, and concentrate on sprinting in the fourth quarter; vigorously grasp the guarantee of key factors to promote funds, supervise and coordinate all districts and cities to strengthen the guarantee of land, electricity, water supply, employment and other elements of foreign-funded projects, and promote the acceleration of capitalization and expansion of foreign-funded projects; vigorously grasp the promotion of enterprise-related services, and make every effort to track foreign-funded enterprises. Implement the "one commissioner, two lists" mechanism, give full play to the role of the joint coordination mechanism of the "through train" of foreign-funded enterprise services; pay close attention to horizontal cooperation to promote investment, jointly develop and reform, foreign exchange management, market supervision, investment promotion and other relevant departments, integrate the policies and service resources of various departments, form a joint force, and promote the signing of foreign-funded projects such as "three enterprises into Guizhou", "enterprises to help transformation and upgrading", and the 18th China-ASEAN Expo as soon as possible to form investment.