According to customs data, in the first four months of this year, China's total import and export value was 12.58 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%. At the same time, the number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance increased by 4.7% year-on-year; the export growth rate of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products both increased; the import and export of general trade increased and the proportion increased... China's foreign trade development has shown a lot of stability and quality improvement positive signs.
Among them, close regional cooperation and diversified trade are undoubtedly one of the bright spots. In the first four months, the total import and export volume between China and the countries along the “Belt and Road” reached 3.97 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.4%, and the growth rate was 7.5 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate.
In this regard, Zhang Jianping, deputy director of the Academic Committee of the Academy of Commerce of the Ministry of Commerce, said that the "Belt and Road" initiative has played a positive role in promoting the diversified development of world trade, and promoted the formation of a virtuous circle of mutual promotion between the co-founding countries.
Regional cooperation takes the lead
On May 5, Ningjia (Tianjin) Garment Co., Ltd. applied to Tianjin Xingang Customs for two certificates of origin of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) through the China International Trade "Single Window". With this certificate, Ningjia's goods exported to Japan of about 700,000 yuan can enjoy a tariff reduction of about 6,300 yuan.
"The company mainly produces pajamas products. Affected by the epidemic, people spend more time at home, and the company's order volume is also increasing this year." Ms. Zhang, the person in charge of Ningjia Company, told reporters that after the implementation of RCEP, the company's products exported to Japan. Percentage points, this year has saved nearly 90,000 yuan in costs. "Customers have enjoyed discounts, and we have more and more advantages in negotiating orders."
Taking a closer look at the foreign trade transcripts of the first four months, the continuous optimization of the trade structure and the closer regional cooperation are the most outstanding items. Data show that China’s imports and exports with countries along the “Belt and Road” totaled 3.97 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.4%; imports and exports with RCEP member countries amounted to 3.84 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.9%. During the same period, only 980 RCEP certificates of origin were issued by Tianjin Customs, involving an export value of 350 million yuan.
"We should encourage enterprises to make good use of the RCEP policy dividends, fully tap the 'Belt and Road' market, continue to optimize the international market layout, and enhance the vitality and potential of China's foreign trade." Zhang Jianping said that two-thirds of the members of the "Belt and Road" partner countries They are all developing countries and emerging economies with large population bases, broad market space and ample development potential. Since the "Belt and Road" initiative was proposed, China has created favorable business conditions for economic and trade cooperation with "Belt and Road" partner countries through extensive policy communication, infrastructure interconnection and people-to-people bonds. At the same time, through the construction of infrastructure and industrial parks in the "Belt and Road" partner countries, it has also promoted China's international production capacity cooperation and led to the growth of foreign trade.
Stable and quality support
The performance of foreign trade in the first four months fully reflects the characteristics of China's economy with strong resilience, sufficient potential, wide room for manoeuvre, and long-term positive fundamentals that will not change. Experts also emphasized that it is not easy to achieve a foreign trade growth rate of nearly 8% under the high base last year.
Zhang Jianping believes that the current development of foreign trade is mainly under pressure from three aspects: the impact of the epidemic in the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and other regions on the transportation, logistics and foreign trade industry chain; global demand shrinks and expectations weaken simultaneously; Russia-Ukraine conflict pushes up energy , food and other global commodity prices, global inflationary pressures increase, which in turn affects market demand and consumption expectations.
He said that the "14th Five-Year Plan" proposes to "adhere to the system concept". At present, we must adhere to this principle to stabilize foreign trade and maintain the global supply chain, strengthen coordination and coordination among multiple departments, and exert policy synergy.
Since the beginning of this year, the central and local governments have successively introduced a number of measures, such as reducing taxes and fees, smoothing logistics, speeding up the progress of export tax rebates, and developing new forms of foreign trade, in an effort to stabilize foreign trade.
On May 10, 14 departments including the Ministry of Commerce issued the "Notice on Launching the Pilot Program of Integration of Domestic and Foreign Trade" and decided to carry out the pilot program of integration of domestic and foreign trade in some regions. The General Administration of Customs recently issued ten measures to ensure the stability and quality of foreign trade, speeding up customs clearance of urgently needed goods, and improving logistics efficiency. In April, ten departments including the State Administration of Taxation jointly issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Support for Export Tax Rebates and Promoting the Stable Development of Foreign Trade", focusing on reducing the burden on export enterprises.
On May 9, the National Video and Telephone Conference on Promoting the Stable Development of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment pointed out that all efforts should be made to stabilize the production and operation of foreign trade enterprises, and strive to help enterprises maintain orders and markets, ensure the smooth flow of foreign trade logistics, and make every effort to ensure the integrity and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain. Give play to the positive role of open platforms in stabilizing foreign trade.
Source: China Business News Network
