In the first 11 months of this year, China’s total foreign trade import and export value increased by 8.6% year-on-year, and continued to operate smoothly.

CCTV News:The General Administration of Customs announced today (December 7) that the total import and export value of China’s foreign trade in the first 11 months of this year was 38.34 trillion yuan, up 8.6% year-on-year, and foreign trade continued to operate smoothly.

Customs statistics show that in the first 11 months of this year, China’s total foreign trade import and export value was 38.34 trillion yuan, up 8.6% year-on-year. Among them, exports were 21.84 trillion yuan, up 11.9% year-on-year; Imports reached 16.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%. The structure of trade mode was further optimized, and the import and export of general trade was 24.47 trillion yuan, up 12.4% year-on-year, accounting for 63.8% of China’s total foreign trade import and export value, up 2.2 percentage points over the same period last year.

In terms of commodity structure, China’s exports of mechanical and electrical products, especially new energy products, increased rapidly in the first 11 months.

Walking into the production workshop of this technology company in Jiangsu, the automatic production line in front of us is running at full capacity. With the constant waving of the mechanical arm, a piece of solar photovoltaic cells can be rolled off the assembly line every 0.98 seconds on average, and they will be sent to Brazil, Japan, Malaysia and other countries and regions soon.

Li Xiaojin, head of customs affairs of Trina Solar (Suqian) Technology Co., Ltd.:We have built a crystalline silicon photovoltaic "super factory" with four major areas. In 2022, the company’s output value is expected to exceed 30 billion yuan, and its products are exported to more than 110 countries and regions.

In order to help photovoltaic products expand overseas markets, Nanjing Customs has further optimized the business environment, guided enterprises to make good use of AEO advanced certification, RCEP and other policy dividends, and continuously introduced various measures to ensure the safe and smooth supply chain of industrial chains such as crystalline silicon photovoltaic and power batteries.

Zhang Xin, Deputy Director of Statistics and Analysis Department of Nanjing Customs:In the first 11 months of this year, the export value of mechanical and electrical products in Jiangsu Province reached 2.1 trillion yuan, of which the export of solar cells, a representative product of the new energy industry, exceeded 90 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of nearly 60%.

According to customs statistics, in the first 11 months of this year, the export of mechanical and electrical products in China was 12.47 trillion yuan, up 8.4% year-on-year; Among them, exports of electric manned vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells increased by 128%, 86.6% and 74.3% respectively.

Yan Min, Director of Macroeconomic Research Office of Economic Forecasting Department of National Information Center:In the first 11 months, China’s export of electric manned vehicles doubled, and the export of mechanical and electrical products such as lithium batteries and solar cells increased substantially. This not only showed the strong international competitiveness of products, but also reflected that China’s export structure was moving towards the middle and high end. China is promoting the upgrading of industrial structure by optimizing trade structure and accelerating the construction of a manufacturing power and a quality power.