General

Recently, it was learned from Wuhan Customs that the total import and export value of Hubei in the first quarter reached 141.17 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%.

"In the first quarter, Hubei's import and export to ASEAN, the largest trading partner, was 23.66 billion yuan, up 18% year on year, accounting for 16.8% of the total import and export value of the same period." The relevant person in charge of Wuhan Customs said that Hubei's import and export to countries along the "the Belt and Road" was 48.9 billion yuan, up 31.7%, accounting for 34.6% of the total import and export value of the same period, up 7.1 percentage points over the same period last year. In addition, imports and exports to other RCEP member countries reached 45.2 billion yuan, an increase of 11.5%.

The export growth rate of new advantageous products is significant. According to customs data, in the first quarter, Hubei exported 2.27 billion yuan of "new three types" products such as electric passenger cars, lithium batteries, and solar cells, an increase of 65.1%. Among them, the export of lithium batteries reached 580 million yuan, an increase of 122.6%. There is a strong demand for consumer goods imports, and customs data shows that in the first quarter, Hubei imported consumer goods worth 2.3 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9%. According to customs data, imported cosmetics amounted to 490 million yuan, an increase of 14.4 times.

13 out of 17 cities and states maintained growth. Customs data shows that in the first quarter, the import and export value of Wuhan City was 73.09 billion yuan, accounting for 51.8% of Hubei's total foreign trade value during the same period. According to customs data, the import and export value of Huangshi and Xiangyang exceeded 10 billion yuan, the import and export value of Yichang exceeded 9 billion yuan, and the import and export value of Jingzhou, Shiyan, and Jingmen exceeded 4 billion yuan.