General

On May 17th, Zhengzhou Customs released import and export data showing that in the first four months of this year, the total import and export value of Henan's foreign trade was 263.85 billion yuan. Among them, exports reached 178.86 billion yuan, an increase of 9% compared to the same period last year (the same below); Import of 84.99 billion yuan; The trade surplus was 93.87 billion yuan, an increase of 54.8%. The total import and export value of foreign trade ranks 9th in the country and 1st in the central region, which is consistent with the first quarter.

Accelerated adjustment of foreign trade structure. According to import and export data, in the first four months of this year, the province imported and exported 151.54 billion yuan through processing trade, accounting for 57.4% of Henan's total import and export value during the same period. The import and export of general trade with strong industrial driving ability reached 999.6 billion yuan, an increase of 7%, accounting for 37.9%, with a rapid growth rate.

The number of foreign trade entities continues to increase. From the perspective of the number of active enterprises, in the first four months of this year, the number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in the province reached 8636, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%, an increase of 812. More and more enterprises are going abroad and entering overseas markets.

Emerging trading markets are constantly expanding. The province's import and export to RCEP member countries and countries along the "the Belt and Road" continued to grow, of which, the import and export to RCEP member countries reached 79.82 billion yuan, an increase of 3.6%, accounting for 30.3%, accounting for 1.5 percentage points; The import and export to the countries along the "the Belt and Road" was 77.68 billion yuan, up 10.4%, accounting for 29.4%, up 3.1 percentage points. It is worth noting that Henan's import and export to the five Central Asian countries reached 1.73 billion yuan, an increase of 45.9%, with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan becoming important trading countries in our province.

The support of open platform is strengthened. According to import and export data, in the first four months of this year, the total import and export value of the comprehensive bonded zones in the province was 144.38 billion yuan, accounting for 54.7% and 7.2% of the total import and export value of the national comprehensive bonded zones during the same period. Among them, the import and export of Xinzheng Comprehensive Bonded Zone reached 133.84 billion yuan, ranking first in the national comprehensive bonded zone in terms of scale; The import and export of bonded logistics centers in the province reached 2.87 billion yuan, an increase of 105.9%, with Shangqiu Bonded Logistics Center's import and export reaching 1.49 billion yuan, an increase of 59%, ranking 10th among the national bonded logistics centers.

The export of labor-intensive products, automobiles, and agricultural products is growing rapidly. According to import and export data, in the first four months of this year, Henan exported 85.7 billion yuan of mobile phones; Automobile exports reached 7.72 billion yuan, an increase of 3.5 times, including 1.57 billion yuan for electric passenger vehicles, an increase of 1.7 times; The export of canned vegetables and other agricultural products reached 6.86 billion yuan, an increase of 29.2%. Among the main imported commodities, precious metal ore and agricultural products have significantly increased.

According to import and export data, there are 8 places in our province with import and export exceeding 6 billion yuan, including Zhengzhou, Jiyuan, Xuchang, Nanyang, Luoyang, Sanmenxia, Jiaozuo, and Puyang. Among them, Zhengzhou city accounts for 66.9% of the total import and export value of the province.