According to the statistics of Qingdao Customs, in the first two months of this year, the total import and export value of Qingdao was 132.1 billion yuan, an increase of 14.3% over the same period last year, higher than the national level, accounting for 29.5% of the total import and export value of Shandong Province in the same period. Among them, the export was 80.09 billion yuan, an increase of 18.3%; Imports reached 52.01 billion yuan, an increase of 8.7%.
Data show that in the first two months, Qingdao's general trade import and export reached 88.89 billion yuan, an increase of 8%, accounting for 67.3% of the city's total import and export value. Over the same period, the import and export of bonded logistics reached 21.78 billion yuan, an increase of 95.2%; The import and export of processing trade reached 16.61 billion yuan, down 14.9%.
Private enterprises are the main force of import and export. In the first two months, the import and export of private enterprises in Qingdao reached 87.77 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2%, accounting for 66.4% of the city's total import and export value. Over the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises reached 25.07 billion yuan, down 2.1%; The import and export of state-owned enterprises reached 19.18 billion yuan, an increase of 42.9%.
Imports and exports to South Korea, Japan and Russia increased significantly. In the first two months, Qingdao imported and exported 19.33 billion yuan to ASEAN, 16.69 billion yuan to the United States and 14.78 billion yuan to the EU, up 11.3%, 2.8% and 2.4% respectively, accounting for 14.6%, 12.6% and 11.2% of the city's total import and export value. Over the same period, imports and exports to South Korea, Japan and Russia increased by 24%, 23.7% and 109.7% respectively. In addition, Qingdao's import and export to other RCEP member countries reached 48.82 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3%, accounting for 37% of the city's total import and export value; For the "one belt, one road", the import and export volume of 40 billion 350 million countries and regions along the way has increased by 18.6%, accounting for 30.5% of the total import and export value of the whole city. Imports and exports to other SCO member states reached 8.66 billion yuan, an increase of 33.2%.
In terms of export products, in the first two months, the export of mechanical and electrical products in Qingdao reached 35.48 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2%, accounting for 44.3% of the city's total export value; Over the same period, the export of labor-intensive products reached 17.61 billion yuan, an increase of 19.7%, accounting for 22% of the city's total export value. In terms of imported products, in the first two months, Qingdao imported a total of 21.79 billion yuan of major bulk commodities, down 4.4%, accounting for 41.9% of the city's total import value; Over the same period, Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) imported 9.28 billion yuan, down 11.5%; The import of mechanical and electrical products was 7.36 billion yuan, down 8%; The import of unwrought copper and copper products was 3.64 billion yuan, an increase of 14.8 times. (Ma Gang, Chen Xinghua)
