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Every morning at 10 o'clock, there will be a long queue of business owners and buyers entering the parking lot of the first district of the International Trade City. Data shows that the current average daily traffic volume in the market is 88593 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 23.4%. This year, we have clearly felt that foreign businessmen are 'suffocating' and are very excited after returning to Yiwu. In the past, foreign businessmen mainly came to the market for procurement in the afternoon, but now they come to visit early in the morning. Many market operators told reporters that there are more foreign businessmen speaking various languages in the market now, and business is much better than before.

According to the import and export data released by Yiwu Customs, the total import and export value of Yiwu City in the first quarter of this year reached 118.44 billion yuan, an increase of 11.4% compared to the same period last year (hereinafter referred to as the same period last year); Among them, exports amounted to 107.09 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.0%; The import was 11.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.6%, with growth rates higher than that of Zhejiang Province by 6.6, 4.9, and 14.5 percentage points, respectively. Import and export data shows that the shares of import and export, export, and import value in Zhejiang Province are 11.5%, 14.5%, and 3.3%, respectively, with increases of 0.7, 0.5, and 0.5 percentage points.

Just after attending the first phase of the Canton Fair, Niros Baramaputa Mohamed, the general manager of Lulu Group, a retail chain in the United Arab Emirates, and his colleagues flew non-stop from Guangzhou to Yiwu to purchase. In 2004, Niros led his team to settle in Yiwu. We have 238 daily necessities supermarkets, stores, and retail stores in 37 countries worldwide, with grocery retail sales accounting for nearly one-third of the Middle East region. Niros told reporters that he purchases approximately 200 containers in Yiwu every month and ships them to the group's global warehouses.

Also busy is Sanjie, an Indian businessman from the market. As the epidemic prevention and control entered a new stage, there was a significant increase in customers from the Middle East, Africa, and India in the first quarter. Just one day, there were more than ten new customers receiving consulting products. This made Sanjie firmly optimistic about this year's foreign trade business. He won a store in the third district of the International Trade City and connected with Chinese factory partners to do beauty business together. Some customers have already come two or three times, placing orders of several hundred pieces each time to start, "said Sangjie.

With the increase of foreign investment, Yiwu's market growth in Latin America and the European Union is relatively fast. According to import and export data, in the first quarter of this year, Yiwu's import and export to Africa reached 20.85 billion yuan, an increase of 13.8%; Import and export to Latin America reached 17.23 billion yuan, an increase of 27.4%; Import and export to the European Union reached 16.17 billion yuan, an increase of 26.5%. Over the same period, the import and export to countries along the "the Belt and Road" totaled 46.84 billion yuan, up 11.8%; In addition, exports to Saudi Arabia and Brazil reached 3.17 billion yuan and 2.73 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 50.8% and 41.2%.

In the first quarter, the contribution of general trade was outstanding, and the growth of cross-border e-commerce imports and exports doubled. Exports through market procurement trade amounted to 81.21 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5%, accounting for 75.8% of the total export value of Yiwu City; Through general trade, import and export reached 31.69 billion yuan, an increase of 20.8%, contributing 44.9% to the growth of import and export in Yiwu City; Import and export through bonded logistics amounted to 5.47 billion yuan, an increase of 44.4%; Import and export through the customs cross-border e-commerce management platform reached 3.04 billion yuan, an increase of 111.0%.

From the perspective of export commodities, the main products are mechanical and electrical products and labor secret products. According to import and export data, in the first quarter, the export of mechanical and electrical products reached 43.02 billion yuan, an increase of 10.4%, accounting for 40.2% of the total export value of Yiwu City and contributing 38.3% to the export growth of Yiwu City; Among them, diodes and similar semiconductor devices and solar cells have grown rapidly, with exports of 8.2 billion yuan and 8.18 billion yuan, respectively, increasing by 29.5% and 30.0%. The export of labor-intensive products reached 40.98 billion yuan, an increase of 13.2%, accounting for 38.3% of the total export value of Yiwu City and contributing 44.9% to the export growth of Yiwu City; Among them, the export of luggage and similar containers reached 4 billion yuan, an increase of 35.1%. During the same period, the export of high-tech products reached 9.45 billion yuan, an increase of 18.5%.

From the perspective of imported goods, consumer goods account for over 60%. According to import and export data, in the first quarter, Yiwu City imported 6.94 billion yuan of consumer goods, an increase of 21.2%, accounting for 61.1% of the total import value of Yiwu City, with a proportion increase of 2.8 percentage points; Among them, imported beauty cosmetics and toiletries amounted to 1.29 billion yuan, an increase of 59.8%.