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Shandong overtakes Shanghai!

According to the latest data disclosed by the Ministry of Commerce on July 22, China's imports and exports of goods reached 18.1 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, and exports increased by 28.1% year-on-year, and the two-year average growth rate was 11.3%.

At present, the export data of the major foreign trade provinces have also been released. Can you guess who the top 10 are?

TOP 1

Guangdong Province

Wannian ranked first in Guangdong Province, with exports of 2.3 trillion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of 26.9%, and a 16% increase compared with the same period in 2019.

As a major export province, Guangdong's foreign trade recovered relatively early under the epidemic, which strongly supported the recovery of national foreign trade. You know, Guangdong is the only province with a total export value of more than 2 trillion yuan across the country.

Guangdong’s more eye-catching performance is that in the first half of the year, it exported 156 billion yuan of household appliances, an increase of 30.1%; automatic data processing equipment and its components were 146.54 billion yuan, an increase of 22.3%; and electrical equipment was 137.79 billion yuan, an increase of 27.3%. In addition, the export of labor-intensive products was 377.06 billion yuan, an increase of 16.1%.

TOP 2

Jiangsu Province

In the first half of the year, the export performance of Jiangsu Province was cut by Guangdong. Jiangsu exported 1.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.1%.

From the perspective of export products, Jiangsu’s main exports in the first half of the year were integrated circuits, notebook computers, solar cells and other electromechanical products, with a total value of 982.22 billion yuan, an increase of 22% and accounting for 66.3% of the total export value.

Although lagging behind in foreign trade, Jiangsu has the momentum to catch up with Guangdong in terms of "comprehensive volume"-GDP. In the first half of the year, Jiangsu's GDP was 5.519.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.2%, successfully outpacing the national average growth rate; Guangdong's GDP was 57,722.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13%. The GDP gap between Guangdong and the Soviet Union has been greatly reduced, and Jiangsu's growth rate in the first half of the year was slightly faster than that of Guangdong.

TOP 3

Zhejiang Province

Zhejiang’s exports in the first half of the year were 1.4 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.5%. This growth rate is the highest in 11 years, and its contribution to national export growth ranks second among all provinces.

In the first half of the year, Zhejiang's exports to emerging markets such as ASEAN, Latin America and India performed well, increasing by 29.9%, 51.6% and 45.1% respectively. In terms of export products, in the first half of the year, Zhejiang Province’s tablet computer exports were 4.30 billion yuan, a three-fold increase, and integrated circuits exports were 3.75 billion yuan, a three-fold increase. The export of mechanical and electrical products was 634.26 billion yuan, an increase of 33.1%; the export of labor-intensive products was 425.60 billion yuan, an increase of 16.6%.

In addition, Zhejiang’s trade surplus in the first half of this year has reached 845 billion yuan, higher than Guangdong’s 797 billion yuan, ranking first among all provinces and cities in the country.

TOP 4

Shandong Province

Since the top three are too good and account for more than half of the total export value of the country, the export scale of Shandong Province, which ranks fourth, is slightly lower. In the first half of 2021, the export volume of 750 billion yuan is still far from the top three. .

However, the export growth rate of Shandong Province in the first half of the year was as high as 43.8% year-on-year, surpassing Shanghai at such an astonishing rate, and firmly placed fourth in the country.

In the first half of the year, Shandong exported 330.84 billion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 54.5%, accounting for 43.6% of the total export value. Among them, the export of game consoles and their parts was 24.14 billion yuan, an increase of 288.2%; the export of auto parts and accessories was 51.16 billion yuan, an increase of 32%.

TOP 5

Shanghai

Compared with the top four, Shanghai's export growth rate in the first half of the year was slightly weak, and even the only single-digit growth rate in the top 10 was 9.6%, with a total export value of 703.779 billion yuan.

TOP 6

Fujian Province

Fujian Province is catching up with Shanghai, with exports of 503.89 billion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of 37.9%.

In the first half of the year, Fujian’s export of mechanical and electrical products was 186.76 billion yuan, an increase of 36%, accounting for 37.1% of the total export value of Fujian Province in the same period. Among them, exports of lithium-ion batteries and electrical equipment increased by 323.3% and 101% respectively.

In addition, in the first half of the year, the Fujian market procurement pilot program increased exports by 18 billion yuan, stimulating the province’s export growth by 5 percentage points. Another new business form of cross-border e-commerce achieved an export growth of 245.5%.

TOP 7

Beijing

In the first half of the year, Beijing’s exports reached 293 billion yuan, an increase of 18.1% year-on-year.

TOP 8

Sichuan Province

Sichuan exported 237.8 billion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of 21% year-on-year.

Mechanical and electrical products are Sichuan’s main export products. In the first half of the year, exports were 205.81 billion yuan, an increase of 19.9%, accounting for 86.5% of Sichuan’s total foreign trade exports during the same period. Among them, notebook computers were 56.68 billion yuan, an increase of 22.5%; integrated circuits were 46.4 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.9%. %; Tablet PC is 36.18 billion yuan, an increase of 14.2%.

In the first half of the year, Sichuan’s exports to the United States, the European Union, and South Korea increased by 54.3%, 26.3%, and 61.7%, respectively. Overseas demand for products such as the “home economy” remained strong. In the first half of the year, exports of furniture and home appliances increased by 148.3% and 21.1%, respectively.

TOP 9

Chongqing

In the first half of the year, Chongqing exported 232.13 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37.7%. In June, Chongqing’s exports were 42.41 billion yuan, an increase of 20.2%.

In the first half of the year, Chongqing's exports of notebook computers, integrated circuits, tablet computers, and agricultural products grew well. The export value of notebook computers in Chongqing was 89.63 billion yuan, an increase of 23.7%; the export values of integrated circuits and tablet computers were 15.78 billion yuan and 11.37 billion yuan, an increase of 45.1% and 1.8 times respectively. The export of agricultural products was 470 million yuan, an increase of 17.6%. In the same period, 2.073 million motorcycles and 95,000 automobiles were exported, an increase of 59.7% and 1.1 times respectively.

TOP 10

Henan Province

Henan Province ranks first in the central region. Exports in the first half of the year were 229.61 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 56.7%. The growth rate was the highest in the "TOP 10" and 28.6 percentage points higher than the national average.

Mobile phone exports accounted for half of Henan's total exports, accounting for 55.4%. The number and value of mobile phone exports accounted for 8.4% and 30.2% of the country's total. In addition, labor-intensive products and human hair products are Henan’s main export products.

Recently, Henan has experienced extreme rainstorms, which are rare in history, and the disaster has affected the hearts of the people across the country. I hope that in the second half of the year, everyone will be able to get through the weather smoothly, the disaster will not come, and the epidemic will not come.