Our country's competitive advantage in foreign trade is stable, and the export performance of electrical equipment, automobiles, and their spare parts is outstanding

CCTV News: On the morning of July 13th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference. Lv Daliang, spokesperson for the General Administration of Customs, introduced that in the first half of 2023, China's total foreign trade import and export value was 20.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%, and the scale reached a new historical high for the same period. The quality of foreign trade import and export remained stable and met expectations.

　　According to customs statistics, in the first half of 2023, China's total import and export value of goods trade was 20.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%. Among them, exports reached 11.46 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%; Imports reached 8.64 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.1%.

　According to customs statistics, in the first half of the year, China's foreign trade import and export scale exceeded 20 trillion yuan for the first time in history. Among them, the first and second quarters reached 9.76 trillion yuan and 10.34 trillion yuan respectively, achieving positive growth year-on-year. From a month on month basis, imports and exports in the second quarter increased by 6% compared to the first quarter, and both May and June saw a month on month increase of 1.2%。

　　China's foreign trade structure continues to optimize, with general trade imports and exports reaching 13.16 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4%, and a 1.2 percentage point increase in its proportion to the total import and export value, reaching 65.5%.

　　In terms of commodities, the export performance of electrical equipment, automobiles and their spare parts is outstanding.

　　On June 30th, 650 domestically produced new energy vehicles boarded a ship at the Nansha Automobile Terminal in Guangzhou and departed for Linchaban, Thailand. Since 2023, the export of domestic new energy vehicles has continued to show a strong growth trend. In the first six months of 2023, the number of new energy vehicles declared for export at the Guangzhou Nansha Pilot Free Trade Zone automobile port exceeded 18900, a year-on-year increase of over 8.5 times.

　　At the Tianjin Xingang Port, a batch of Great Wall new energy vehicles entered the cargo ship and embarked on a voyage to the sea. It is reported that from January to June 2023, Great Wall Motors has exported 21797 new energy vehicles, an increase of 13 times year-on-year.

　　According to customs statistics, in the first half of 2023, China's exports of mechanical and electrical products reached 6.66 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%, accounting for 58.2% of the total import and export value. Among them, the new three types of products, including electric passenger cars, lithium batteries, and solar cells, saw a total export growth of 61.6%, driving an overall export growth of 1.8 percentage points.