For foreign trade people, 2020 is a year of ups and downs, bitterness, spicy and salty, with mixed flavors. Exports, which were “quickly frozen” by the epidemic at the beginning of the year, made a strong comeback in the second half of the year.
On January 18, according to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, my country’s total import and export of goods reached 32.16 trillion yuan in 2020, an increase of 1.9% over the previous year. A record high, equivalent to more than 30% of GDP. Among them, exports were 17.93 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.0%.
Among the export products, anti-epidemic materials and “stay-at-home economy” products have played an important role in driving the export.
From March to the end of 2020, customs across the country inspected and released exports of major epidemic prevention and control materials worth 438.5 billion yuan, of which 224.2 billion masks were exported, worth 340 billion yuan. This is equivalent to providing nearly 40 masks to everyone in the world except China.
my country’s exports of textiles, medical equipment, and pharmaceuticals including masks increased by 31% in total, driving overall export growth by 1.9 percentage points. Exports of laptops, tablets, and household appliances increased by 22.1% in total, driving overall export growth by 1.3 percentage points.
Specifically, what kind of “report card” did everyone get in each region of the country?
NO.1 Guangdong
Guangdong’s foreign trade import and export is 7.08 trillion RMB, down 0.9% from the previous year (the same below), continues to rank first in the country, accounting for 22% of the country’s total scale. Among them, exports were 4.35 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.2%. They have maintained growth for four consecutive years, and the scale has reached a record high.
In terms of export products, the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic around the world has driven a substantial increase in exports of Guangdong’s anti-epidemic materials and “stay-at-home economy” commodities. In 2020, Guangdong exported 227.88 billion yuan of epidemic prevention materials, an increase of 81.7%, of which textiles including masks doubled, medical materials and drugs, and medical instruments and equipment increased by 41.5% and 35.8% respectively. Exports of computers and their parts increased by 9.2%. The above two types of commodities combined drove Guangdong’s export growth by 2.9 percentage points.
It is worth noting that Guangdong Province’s market procurement exports in 2020 were 294.45 billion yuan, a significant increase of 23%.
NO.2 Jiangsu
Jiangsu’s annual exports were 2.74 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.9%. This is 3.1 percentage points lower than the national growth rate.
In terms of export products:
Jiangsu Province exported mechanical and electrical products to 1,834.28 billion yuan, an increase of 2.4%, accounting for the province’s total export value 66.8%. Among them, the export of integrated circuits was 199.23 billion yuan, an increase of 15.9%; the export of notebook computers was 158.58 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2%; the export of mobile phones was 91.67 billion yuan, an increase of 13.5%.
In the same period, the export of textile products was 98.52 billion yuan, an increase of 50%; the export of plastic products was 88.56 billion yuan, an increase of 20.4%. The export of medical materials and drugs was 24.14 billion yuan, an increase of 20.7%; the export of medical instruments and equipment was 20.53 billion yuan, an increase of 35.4%.
In May last year, Changzhou and others were approved as the fifth batch of national cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones, bringing the number of national cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones in the province to 10. In July, relying on the Made in China International Station platform, Nanjing Aipu Solar’s solar water heater accessories exported to the Czech Republic passed customs smoothly, marking the first time that “cross-border e-commerce B2B direct export” customs declaration was launched.
A large number of foreign trade companies have achieved cloud breakthroughs through online contact. Last year, more than 1,440 companies in Nanjing alone settled on online trading platforms such as Made in China.com.
NO.3 Zhejiang
In 2020, the total import and export value of Zhejiang Province was 33,800 billion, an increase of 9.6% over the previous year. Among them, exports were 2.52 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.1%. Zhejiang Province’s imports, exports, and imports accounted for 10.5%, 14.0%, and 6.1% of the country’s total value respectively. The import and export share exceeded 10% for the first time. The annual export and import shares also hit a record high, which is very important for the growth of the country’s imports, exports, and exports. The contribution rate ranks first among all provinces and municipalities.
From the perspective of export products, the export proportion of high-tech products has steadily increased, and the export of labor-intensive products has maintained growth. The province’s exports of high-tech products were 202.83 billion yuan, an increase of 26.4%, of which the exports of electric passenger vehicles and mobile phones increased by 590.7% and 112.5% respectively. During the same period, exports of labor-intensive products amounted to 845.43 billion yuan, an increase of 2.0%.
It is worth noting that in 2020, Zhejiang Province’s cross-border online retail export volume was 102.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.6%; among which, Jinhua City, Hangzhou City, and Ningbo City Ranking among the top three in the province, accounting for 46.4%, 23.1%, and 11.7% respectively, accounting for 81.2% of the province’s cross-border online retail exports.
From the perspective of sub-industry data, the three major industries of clothing, shoes and bags, home decoration, and 3C digital rank among the top three online retail sales in the entire industry, accounting for 32.4% and 3C respectively. 19.7% and 14.7%, equivalent to 66.8% of the entire industry’s online retail sales.
Data show that in 2020, Zhejiang Province’s import and export through the customs cross-border e-commerce management platform was 49.11 billion yuan, an increase of 65.1%, of which exports were 12.70 billion yuan, an increase of 441.5%; Exports through market procurement were 297.76 billion yuan, an increase of 14.6%.
NO.4 Shanghai
Shanghai’s total import and export value reached 3.48 trillion yuan in 2020 (RMB, the same below), an increase of 2.3% over the previous year, a record high. In 2020, Shanghai’s exports were 1.37 trillion yuan, basically the same as the previous year.
In terms of export products, in 2020, Shanghai exported mechanical and electrical products to 947.76 billion yuan, an increase of 0.1%, accounting for 69.1% of Shanghai’s total export value during the same period. Among them, the export of automatic data processing equipment and its parts was 187.74 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6%; the export of integrated circuits was 152.17 billion yuan, an increase of 15%.��1 bit. Among them, exports reached 407.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5%.
In terms of export products, the export of mechanical and electrical products resumed growth, and labor-intensive products increased significantly. In 2020, Henan Province’s exports of mechanical and electrical products were 282 billion yuan, an increase of 4.4%, of which mobile phone exports were 231.48 billion yuan, an increase of 6%; the exports of seven major categories of labor-intensive products such as clothing were 30.17 billion yuan, an increase of 24.5%, of which textile yarn, The export of fabrics and products was 9.92 billion yuan, an increase of 53.2%; the export of furniture was 6.48 billion yuan, an increase of 45.8%.
It is worth noting that on July 1, 2020, Zhengzhou Customs successfully cleared all four declaration modes of the “9710” and “9810” lists and customs declaration forms. The B2B export pilot business was officially launched. In half a year, Zhengzhou Customs accepted a total of 164,500 lists and customs declarations for “9710” and “9810”, with a goods value of 296 million yuan, and 25 overseas warehouse companies were registered.
In 2020, Zhengzhou Customs inspected and released a total of 243 million cross-border e-commerce import and export lists, with a value of 30.6 billion yuan, an increase of 91.5% and 89.4% respectively over the previous year, of which imports 75.824 million orders and 167 million exports, achieving leapfrog growth. </p
