In the first 11 months, Sichuan’s foreign trade import and export increased by 8.2%

In the first 11 months of this year, the total import and export value of goods trade in Sichuan was 922.05 billion yuan, ranking eighth in the country, with an increase of 8.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate ranked fourth among the top ten foreign trade companies in China. Among them, exports were 565.85 billion yuan, up 11.9% year-on-year; Imports reached 356.20 billion yuan, up 2.9% year-on-year. This is what the reporter learned from Chengdu Customs on December 12th.

Since the beginning of this year, Sichuan’s foreign trade has overcome many unstable and uncertain factors and maintained steady growth. Among them, the import and export volume in November was 95.49 billion yuan, up 4.1% from the previous month. This is the second time that our province has exceeded 90 billion yuan in a single month this year after October, and the monthly import and export scale has reached a new high in the year.

In the first 11 months, the market vitality of private enterprises in Sichuan was further stimulated, with import and export of 308.43 billion yuan, up 34.7% year-on-year, 26.5 percentage points higher than the growth rate of the whole province, and the proportion of Sichuan’s foreign trade increased to 33.4%. The number of private enterprises engaged in import and export has also increased significantly. In the first 11 months, there were 6,244 private enterprises with import and export performance in Sichuan, an increase of 704 over the same period of last year, and the endogenous power of trade has been continuously enhanced.

It is worth mentioning that the import and export scale of Leshan and Meishan exceeded the 10 billion mark for the first time this year. In the first eleven months, driven by their respective advantageous industries, the import and export scale of Meishan and Leshan reached 10.52 billion yuan and 10.15 billion yuan respectively, up by 41.1% and 27.6% respectively. So far, the number of foreign trade cities in our province has increased to seven.

In terms of industry, in the first 11 months, driven by the rapid development of lithium battery industry, Sichuan’s import and export to South Korea and Australia grew rapidly. Among them, the import and export to South Korea was 59.51 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.4%; The import and export to Australia was 31 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.2 times. (Reporter   Chen bihong)