General

On June 19th, the reporter learned from Xining Customs that customs data showed that in the first five months of 2023, the total import and export value of Qinghai Province's foreign trade was 2.16 billion yuan, an increase of 17.5% compared to the same period last year (the same below). Among them, exports were 1.24 billion yuan, an increase of 31.3%; Import reached 920 million yuan, an increase of 2.9%. The growth rates of import and export, export, and import are 12.8, 23.2, and 2.4 percentage points higher than the national average during the same period, respectively, ranking 9th, 7th, and 15th in the country.

According to customs data, in the first five months, Guinea remained the largest trading country in Qinghai Province, with imports and exports reaching 360 million yuan, an increase of 15.1%, accounting for 16.7% of the total import and export value of the province during the same period; Qinghai Province's imports and exports to Malaysia, Vietnam, and South Korea amounted to 230 million yuan, 140 million yuan, and 120 million yuan, respectively, an increase of 1.5 times, 2.3 times, and 2.4 times, accounting for a total of 22.7% of the province's total import and export value during the same period. A total of 7 cities and prefectures in Qinghai Province carry out import and export business. Among them, the import and export of Xining City was 1.67 billion yuan, up 7.8%, accounting for 77.3% of the province's total foreign trade import and export value; The import and export of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture was 340 million yuan, up 1.6 times.

Private enterprises account for over 50% of imports and exports. There are 124 foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in Qinghai Province, an increase of 7.8%; According to customs data, the import and export of private enterprises reached 1.17 billion yuan, an increase of 20.9%, accounting for 54.1% of the total foreign trade import and export value of the province during the same period; The import and export of state-owned enterprises reached 940 million yuan, an increase of 12.6%; The import and export of foreign-invested enterprises reached 46.105 million yuan, an increase of 47.3%.

Customs data shows that in terms of exports, sodium carbonate exports reached 230 million yuan, an increase of 28.3 times, accounting for 18.5% of the total export value; The export of solar cells reached 94.977 million yuan, a 6-fold increase; The export of lithium metal reached 60.023 million yuan, an increase of 2.4 times. According to customs data, in terms of imports, the import of mechanical and electrical products reached 220 million yuan, an increase of 3.1 times; The import of agricultural products was 65.338 million yuan, an increase of 19.4%, including 16.247 million yuan for lamb, which was not imported during the same period last year, and 14.768 million yuan for aquatic products, an increase of 8.4 times. (Translated from: Qinghai Daily - Reporter: Wang Feifei)