Small And Medium Sized Shoe Enterprises Are Still The Mainstay Of Zhejiang'S Foreign Trade Development

Recently, the Hangzhou Customs released the foreign trade data of the first 3 quarters of Zhejiang. Data show that in the first 3 quarters of this year, the total value of foreign trade and import and export of Zhejiang reached 230 billion 800 million US dollars, an increase of 23.8% over the same period last year, and the import and export growth rate was 3.3 percentage points, 5.3 percentage points and 3.1 percentage points higher than that of Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shanghai respectively.

Among them, foreign trade exports grew steadily.

In the first 3 quarters, Zhejiang exported 161 billion 920 million US dollars, an increase of 21.8% over the same period last year, and its export value ranks third in China.

In September, foreign trade exports amounted to US $19 billion 890 million, an increase of 18.8% over the same period last year, and the growth rate dropped 3.7 percentage points from the previous month.

It is worth noting that the steady growth of exports has accelerated the pace of imports in Zhejiang.

In the first 3 quarters, the province achieved import of US $68 billion 880 million, an increase of 28.8% over the same period last year, 2.1 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate.

In September, imports amounted to $8 billion 460 million in the same month, an increase of 36.7% over the same period last year.

The private enterprises, which account for 54.6% of the total import and export value of Zhejiang Province, are still the mainstay of Zhejiang's foreign trade development. The contribution rate of the first 3 quarters to the foreign trade growth of the province reached 61.7%.

Customs statistics show that in the first 3 quarters of the year, Zhejiang's private enterprises imported and exported 126 billion 70 million US dollars, an increase of 27.8% over the same period last year.

Among them, private enterprises exported 96 billion 860 million US dollars, an increase of 26.3% over the same period last year, which is 4.5 percentage points higher than the average export growth of the whole province, accounting for 59.8% of the total export value of the whole province. The import of US $29 billion 220 million, up 32.8% over the same period last year, is higher than the average growth rate of 4 percentage points in the whole province, accounting for 42.4% of the total import value of the whole province.

In the first 3 quarters, the development index of private foreign trade (the speed of development of import and export of private enterprises / *100) was 103.2, an increase of 0.1 over the first 8 months.

From the perspective of the development of foreign trade in various cities in Zhejiang Province, Ningbo and Hangzhou occupy half of Zhejiang's foreign trade, and Wenzhou's imports and exports grow rapidly.

In the first 3 quarters, Ningbo and Hangzhou imported and exported 73 billion 660 million US dollars and 47 billion 560 million US dollars respectively, representing an increase of 20.5% and 24.1% respectively, representing 52.5% of the total import and export value of the whole province.

Over the same period, Wenzhou's imports and exports reached 16 billion 250 million US dollars, an increase of 30.4% over the same period last year, which is 6.6 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of the whole province. The growth rate of imports and exports ranks third in 11 cities in Quzhou and Lishui.

In addition, Shaoxing and Jiaxing imported and exported 25 billion 10 million US dollars and US $21 billion 250 million in the first 3 quarters, up 25.4% and 26.2% respectively over the same period last year.

It is worth noting that the situation of hot and uneven imports and exports between Zhejiang and major trade markets is more obvious. The growth rate of imports and exports of the European and American markets which occupy 36% of the total foreign trade of Zhejiang is further slowing down, while the neighboring markets such as ASEAN and Korea are increasingly active, and the import and export is growing rapidly.

Imports and exports keep fast growth

On the export side, Zhejiang's traditional export commodities such as textile yarn, fabrics and products and footwear have achieved rapid growth.

In the first 3 quarters, Zhejiang exported 23 billion 330 million dollars of textile yarn, fabrics and products, an increase of 26.9% over the same period last year, higher than the average export growth rate of 5.1 percentage points in the whole province, 22 billion 250 million US dollars in export garments and accessories, an increase of 20.3% over the same period last year, and export footwear 5 billion 830 million US dollars, up 29.8% over the same period last year, which is higher than the average export growth rate of 8 percentage points in the whole province.

At the same time, the export of electromechanical products and high-tech products in Zhejiang increased slowly.

In the first 3 quarters, the export of mechanical and electrical products in Zhejiang province was 68 billion 550 million US dollars, up 17.3% from the same period last year, lower than the average growth rate of the province's exports by 4.5 percentage points, and the export of high-tech products increased by 11 billion 750 million US dollars, up 12.3% over the same period last year, which is lower than the average export growth rate of 9.5 percentage points in the whole province.

On the import side, the sharp rise in the prices of international raw materials and resource commodities has led to the rapid growth of the total import value of such commodities in Zhejiang.

According to customs statistics, the first 3 quarters of Zhejiang imported iron ore, scrap metal, primary plastic and other 20 categories of raw materials and resources commodities 37 billion 250 million US dollars, an increase of 35.1% over the same period last year, which is higher than the average growth rate of 6.3 percentage points in the whole province.

The average import prices of these 20 categories of raw materials and resource commodities generally rose, and the average import price of the 15 categories of commodities increased by more than 20%.

Among them, the first 3 quarters of Zhejiang imported 35 million 138 thousand tons of iron ore, an increase of 28.7% compared with the same period last year, the average import price was $152.9 per ton, up 31.6% over the same period last year; the import of primary plastic 2 million 293 thousand tons, a decrease of 6.7% over the same period last year, the average import price was 1989 dollars per ton, up 24.3% over the same period last year.

Hangzhou customs statistics expert Ge Yibo believes that in the first 3 quarters, Zhejiang's foreign trade could withstand the slowdown of global economic growth, the weak economic recovery of the developed economies such as Europe and the United States, and the difficulties in the operation of small and medium-sized enterprises, and maintained a steady growth, mainly due to five aspects.

First, as a mainstay, private enterprises are growing well; two, the export of traditional labor intensive products such as textiles and footwear has maintained a relatively fast growth momentum; three, in the case of weak European and American markets, Zhejiang businessmen will aim at the surrounding market and successfully develop markets such as ASEAN, Korea and Japan. Four, the import pattern dominated by raw material and resource goods promotes the rapid growth of imports.

In the first 3 quarters, the import value of the 20 categories of raw material and resource goods occupied 54.1% of the total value of Zhejiang's imports, while the proportion of the whole country was only 34.8%. Five, the service guarantee function of the ports in the province was further optimized.

In this regard, the customs recommends that we should create a fair and just market environment for private enterprises, especially small and medium-sized private enterprises, especially in terms of capital, human resources, technology, land and information, and solve the problem of "opening to the outside world" by means of "opening to the interior". We should actively encourage and facilitate enterprises to expand imports. While protecting the import of raw materials and resources, we actively encourage the import of mechanical and electrical products and high-tech products, especially the import of advanced equipment to promote the development of new industries, so as to help enterprises fully enjoy the existing policies and facilitate the expansion of imports. Combined with the marine economic construction, we must do well in port services and support to enhance the soft power of Zhejiang's foreign trade development.

We should upgrade and develop the port logistics industry, and promote the expansion of port service functions to the upstream and downstream of logistics services, accelerate the formation of a modern and efficient port logistics system, and promote the facilitation of foreign trade through the upgrading and optimization of port service functions.