According to data released by the General Administration of Customs, the total value of China's foreign trade imports and exports in the first four months of this year was 116.18 billion US dollars, an increase of 6% over the same period last year (the same below). Among them, exports were US $ 59.24 billion, an increase of 6.9%; imports were US $ 573.94 billion, an increase of 5.1%; the cumulative trade surplus was US $ 19.3 billion.

 

In the first four months of this year, China's general trade imports and exports were US $ 617.06 billion, an increase of 6.8%. Of which exports were US $ 280.29 billion, an increase of 7.3%; imports were US $ 336.77 billion, an increase of 6.5%. The trade deficit under general trade was 56.48 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 2.7%. During the same period, China's import and export of processing trade reached US $ 412.99 billion, an increase of 3.3%. Of which exports were US $ 266.11 billion, an increase of 5.3%; imports were US $ 146.88 billion, a decrease of 0.3%. The trade surplus under processing trade was US $ 119.23 billion, an increase of 13.1%.

 

In the bilateral trade with major trading partners, in the first four months, China's bilateral trade with the EU totaled US $ 170.53 billion, an increase of 0.3%. During the same period, the total value of bilateral trade with the United States was 146.1 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 9.2%. The total value of bilateral trade with ASEAN was US $ 117.65 billion, an increase of 6.7%. The total value of bilateral trade between China and Japan was 107.18 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of 1.5%. During the same period, the total value of bilateral trade between China and Russia and Brazil was 28.69 billion U.S. dollars and 25.07 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 27.7% and 14.4%, respectively.

 

In the first four months, Guangdong's total foreign trade import and export value was 288.4 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 3.3%. During the same period, the total value of imports and exports of Jiangsu Province was 164.86 billion U.S. dollars, down 1%; the total value of imports and exports of Shanghai and Beijing were 136.97 billion U.S. dollars and 136.92 billion U.S. dollars, up 2.1% and 10.9% respectively. In addition, the total import and export value of Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province and Fujian Province was 94.83 billion, 75.11 billion and 45.27 billion US dollars, respectively, an increase of 3.1%, 1.4% and 12.3%.

 

Among exports, in the first four months of this year, China's exports of mechanical and electrical products were US $ 346.79 billion, an increase of 8.5%, which was 1.6 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of China's exports during the same period. Among them, exports of electrical and electronic products were US $ 140.29 billion, up 5.5%; machinery and equipment were US $ 115.05 billion, up 11%. During the same period, among the export of some labor-intensive products such as textiles and apparel, apparel exports were US $ 39.97 billion, an increase of 1%; textile exports were US $ 28.85 billion, a decrease of 0.3%; and footwear exports were US $ 12.4 billion, an increase of 4.2%.

 

Among imported commodities, in the first four months of this year, China's iron ore imports were 240 million tons, an increase of 6.5%, and the average import price was US $ 137.6 per ton, a decrease of 13.4%; soybeans were 18.15 million tons, an increase of 22.3%, and the average import price was US $ 532.9 per ton, down 7.6%. In addition, the import of mechanical and electrical products was US $ 231.44 billion, a decrease of 1.6%; of which 392,000 were automobiles, an increase of 26.7%.