In the first half of the year, the total value of import and export of Xi'an was 218.47 billion yuan increased by 6.2% over the same period last year.

According to customs statistics, the total value of import and export trade in Xi'an in the first half of 2022 was 218.47 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2%over the same period last year (the same below). Among them, exports were 1350.1 billion yuan, an increase of 31.9%; imports were 83.46 billion yuan, a decrease of 19.3%, and the trade surplus of 51.55 billion yuan in the same period.

In the first half of this year, despite the influence of external factors such as the international situation and the repeated epidemic situation, Xi'an City faced the difficulties and achieved steady growth, laying a solid foundation for the overall foreign trade preservation and improvement. While maintaining a steady growth, foreign trade in the first half of the year also showed many highlights.

From the perspective of trade methods, the proportion of general trade imports and exports increases. In the first half of the year, Xi'an's general trade import and export was 65.12 billion yuan, an increase of 33.2%, accounting for 29.8%of the total value of the city's total import and export, accounting for 6.1 percentage points year -on -year. The total value of processing trade was 128.04 billion yuan, an increase of 17.5%. The import and export of bonded logistics was 19.83 billion yuan, a decrease of 28.5%.

From the perspective of trading partners, imports and exports of countries and regions along the “Belt and Road” have maintained an increase. In the first half of the year, Xi'an's imports and exports to countries along the “Belt and Road” were 40.75 billion yuan, an increase of 29%. The EU and ASEAN increased by 12.6%and 37.6%respectively. Multi -trade partners such as South Korea, the United States, and Japan decreased by 2%, 1.8%, and 15.6%, respectively. During the same period, Xi'an's imports and exports to other countries in RCEP were 88.88 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6%.

From the perspective of major products, in the first half of the year, among the main export products in Xi'an, the exports of automatic data processing equipment and its parts, solar cells, and automobiles increased by 49.5%, 62.3%, and 38.1%, respectively. The import volume of coal and lignite, iron ore, soybeans, and metal copper increased by 18.6%, 11.8%, 8.7%, and 24.5%, respectively.

(Xi'an Newspaper All Media Reporter Feng Xiaorui)

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