Dongguan's Foreign Trade Grew Steadily In The First Half Of The Year, And Private Enterprises' Import And Export Increased.

According to customs statistics, Dongguan's foreign trade imports and exports in the first half of this year amounted to 633 billion 310 million yuan, an increase of 6.8% over the same period last year (the national growth rate was 3.9%, and the total growth of the province was 1.3%), contributing 96.4% to Guangdong's foreign trade growth, accounting for 4.3% and 19.3% of the total foreign trade value of the whole country and the whole province respectively. Among them, the export volume of 383 billion 270 million yuan increased by 12.5%, accounting for 4.8% and 19.4% of the total export volume of the whole country and the whole province in the same period.

In the first half of this year, Dongguan's imports and exports showed the following characteristics:

First, in the first half of this year, Dongguan's foreign trade continued to occupy second of the whole province. In the first half of this year, Dongguan's import and export volume continued to rank in Shenzhen, ranking second in the province, and the fastest growth rate in the top 3 cities of foreign trade (Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou).

Two, the trade structure is further optimized. In the first half of the year, Dongguan imported and exported 281 billion 910 million yuan in general trade mode, an increase of 19.2%, accounting for 44.5% of the total value of Dongguan's foreign trade import and export in the same period, representing a 4.6 percentage point increase over the same period in 2018, of which 205 billion 820 million yuan was exported, an increase of 20.9%; imports 76 billion 90 million yuan, an increase of 14.7%. In the same period, the import and export volume of processing trade decreased by 4.1%, or 38.3%, which was 242 billion 500 million yuan, down 4.4 percentage points from the same period in 2018.

Three, the proportion of private enterprises' import and export is enhanced. In the first half of this year, Dongguan's private enterprises imported and exported 336 billion 890 million yuan, an increase of 10.3%, accounting for 53.2%, an increase of 1.6 percentage points over the same period in 2018, of which 194 billion 860 million yuan was exported, an increase of 24.1%; imports 142 billion 30 million yuan, a decrease of 4.3%. Over the same period, foreign investment enterprises accounted for 289 billion 20 million yuan, an increase of 3.7%, accounting for 45.6%, down 1.4 percentage points from the same period in 2018.

Four, ASEAN, the United States and the European Union are the top 3 trading partners, and are growing rapidly along the "one belt and one way" countries. In the first half of this year, ASEAN, the United States, the European Union, Hongkong, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan continued to occupy the top 7 trading partners of Dongguan, and the total import and export of the above-mentioned 7 places amounted to 482 billion 640 million yuan, accounting for 76.2%. Among them, ASEAN imports and exports 83 billion 700 million yuan, an increase of 22.8%; imports and exports to the United States 83 billion 420 million yuan, an increase of 6.2%; imports and exports to the EU 81 billion 80 million yuan, an increase of 13.2%. In addition, imports and exports of the "one belt and one way" countries increased by 138 billion 160 million yuan, an increase of 20.8%, which is 14 percentage points higher than the overall growth of Dongguan's foreign trade in the same period.

Five, electromechanical products are the main import and export commodities, the export of integrated circuits is doubled, and the import of agricultural products is increasing rapidly. On the export side, Dongguan exported 291 billion 970 million yuan of mechanical and electrical products in the first half of this year, an increase of 12.4%, accounting for 76.2% of the total export value of Dongguan in the same period. Among them, the export mobile phone 64 billion 640 million yuan, an increase of 7.8%; export IC 13 billion 260 million yuan, an increase of 1.3 times. In addition, export clothing, textile yarn, furniture, toys, footwear, bags, plastic products and other 7 categories of labor-intensive products 67 billion 880 million yuan, an increase of 9%.

In the first half of the year, the import of mechanical and electrical products in Dongguan increased by 197 billion 230 million yuan, an increase of 0.3%, accounting for 78.9% of the total foreign trade import value of Dongguan in the same period. Among them, the import integrated circuit was 111 billion 30 million yuan, down 0.5%. In addition, imports of agricultural products 5 billion 960 million yuan, an increase of 11.6%.