Ministry Of Commerce: 1-5, China's Foreign Trade Is Developing Steadily.

The Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference at 10 a.m. on June 14th. The press spokesman will release the key work in the field of business recently and answer questions from the media at the scene.

The following is a written record:

Peak: about the development of China's foreign trade in 1-5 this year. Since the beginning of this year, China's foreign trade has been developing steadily, and its quality and efficiency have been further improved.

It has the following characteristics: from international market Look, our country has such traditions as the United States, the European Union, Japan and Hongkong. market Imports and exports grew by 5.3%, 7.3%, 4.5% and 6.8% respectively. The growth of imports and exports of the countries along the belt and road is 11.1%, higher than the overall growth rate by 2.3 percentage points, and the growth of ASEAN's imports and exports is 11.9%, which is higher than the overall growth rate by 3.1 percentage points. The rapid growth of the country's market is Russia, Indonesia, Vietnam and so on, the increase is 18%, 16.5% and 24.4% respectively.

From the perspective of commodity structure, the structure of export products has been continuously optimized, and the export of mechanical and electrical products has increased by 3 trillion and 610 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9%, which is 2.4 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate, accounting for 1.3 percentage points higher to 58.8%. Imports of some commodities increased fairly rapidly, and imports of 10 major commodities such as natural gas, crude oil and coal increased by 10.9%.

From the perspective of business entities, foreign-funded enterprises are still an important force in the development of China's foreign trade. The proportion of private enterprises has increased steadily, and the import and export of state-owned enterprises have been developing smoothly. Private enterprises import and export 4 trillion and 520 billion yuan, an increase of 11.7%, an increase of 1 percentage points to 38.9%, continue to maintain the status of the first largest business operator, state-owned enterprises import and export 2 trillion and 110 billion yuan, an increase of 13.8%, accounting for 18.1% of China's total foreign trade. Foreign enterprises import and export 4 trillion and 950 billion yuan, an increase of 4.3%, accounting for 42.6%.

From the perspective of trade, the proportion of general trade continued to increase, processing trade increased marginally, and border trade developed rapidly. In the first 5 months of this year, general trade imports and exports were 6 trillion and 840 billion yuan, an increase of 12.7%, representing an increase of 2 percentage points to 58.8%. Processing trade imports and exports 3 trillion and 90 billion yuan, an increase of 1.7%, accounting for 26.5%. Border trade has developed rapidly, with import and export reaching 104 billion 290 million yuan, an increase of 15.2%.

From the domestic perspective, the eastern region continued to grow steadily, and the proportion of the central and western regions continued to increase. In the first 5 months of this year, the import and export volume of the central and western regions was 1 trillion and 810 billion yuan, an increase of 16.7%, representing an increase of 1.1 percentage points to 15.6%. The eastern region imports and exports 9 trillion and 820 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4%, accounting for 84.4%.