According to customs statistics, from January to December 2020, Changxing County completed a total import and export volume of 24.104 billion yuan, an increase of 24.4% year on year; The export reached 21.938 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.3%, accounting for 0.12% and 0.87% of the national and provincial shares; The import was 2.165 billion yuan, down 5% year on year.
First, the export growth of electromechanical and chemical industry has improved, and the export of textile industry has rebounded. Electromechanical exports continued to improve. From January to December, exports reached 3.735 billion yuan, an increase of 10.9%, mainly driven by Norris and Kerosex by 9.5 percentage points. With the gradual recovery of the export of enterprises represented by Zhongshan Chemical, the growth rate of the chemical industry from January to December stabilized, with the export of 1.642 billion yuan, up 9.4%. With the arrival of the traditional peak season in the fourth quarter, the backflow of orders from regions with severe epidemics such as India, and the replenishment of inventory by foreign buyers, the textile industry has generally shown a warming trend. The export from January to December was 9.424 billion yuan, down 5.9%, and 1.1 percentage points from the previous month. Among them, textile fabric products accounted for the largest proportion, with the export of 8.535 billion yuan, accounting for 48.6%, down 7.8% year on year; Stimulated by downstream consumer demand, the export of home textiles has maintained a double-digit growth this year, with an export of 516 million yuan from January to December, up 40.6%; The clothing export was 373 million yuan, down 4.4%.
Second, the total volume of exports to the US market was the largest, and the the Belt and Road exports continued to decline. From January to December, our county’s export trade expanded to 192 countries and regions in the world, 21 more than the same period last year. From January to December, the county exported 6.002 billion yuan to the four traditional markets in Europe, America, Japan and Hong Kong, a year-on-year increase of 22%. The export to the United States was 3.148 billion yuan, an increase of 38%, accounting for 17.9%, ranking first in the county’s export market; Exports to EU reached 2.527 billion yuan, up 9%, accounting for 14.4%; Export to Japan was 306 million yuan, up 21.4%; Exports to Hong Kong totaled 22 million yuan, down 68.8%. The export of emerging markets was 11.549 billion yuan, down 5.2%. The export to ASEAN was 2.03 billion yuan, up 6.9%, accounting for 11.6%. Affected by the epidemic, the export markets of Brazil, India, Mexico, Thailand and other countries shrank. From January to December, exports were 1.062 billion yuan, 786 million yuan, 634 million yuan and 427 million yuan, down 6.8%, 15.8%, 10.5% and 4.9% year on year respectively. From January to December, our county’s exports to countries and regions along the “the Belt and Road” totaled 6.057 billion yuan, down 2.1%, driving down the county’s exports by 0.8 percentage points; The export to the RCEP member countries reached 3.51 billion yuan, up 12% year on year, driving up the county’s export by 2.2 percentage points.
Third, the top 50 enterprises continued to dominate, and the export of private enterprises increased steadily. From January to December, 301 newly registered enterprises were cultivated in the county, ranking first in the city; 100 enterprises with export performance were added, totaling 589 million yuan, driving up the county’s exports by 3.4 percentage points. From January to December, the top 50 backbone enterprises in the county exported a total of 10.362 billion yuan, up 8.9% year on year, 1.8 percentage points month on month, accounting for 59% of the county’s total exports, and driving the county’s exports by 5 percentage points. From the perspective of enterprise nature, private enterprises completed exports of 13.088 billion yuan, accounting for 74.6%, up 1.8% year on year and 0.5 percentage point month on month; Foreign capital exports reached 1.942 billion yuan, down 5.8%; The export of circulation enterprises reached 2.522 billion yuan, up 15.4%.
Fourth, the import trade declined, and the proportion of general trade continued to increase. From January to December, the county imported 2.165 billion yuan, down 5%. The growth rate was greatly affected by the base number of the same period last year, ranking sixth in the city. Among them, the import of general trade from January to December was 1.96 billion yuan, accounting for 90.5% of the total import of the county, with a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%. This was mainly due to the impact of Tongkun Group, Chemical and Keruishi. From January to December, the total import of general trade was 1.224 billion yuan, with a year-on-year decrease of 24.2%, driving down the import of general trade of the county by 19.2%. From January to December, processing trade completed imports of RMB 199 million, down 17%.
(Contributed by Changxing County Bureau of Commerce)