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"We have received a new order of 2 million euros from European manufacturers, and we are making every effort to organize production." Not long ago, Ding Yandong, the head of Zhejiang Ningbo Ruimax Doors and Windows Accessories Co., Ltd., took a business charter flight from Ningbo to Europe to sign a new order. The company's employees are very confident. increase. Since the beginning of this year, through the adoption of a number of measures to promote foreign trade and stabilize the economy, Ningbo's international trade import and export has shown a steady growth trend. In the first eight months, the city's total import and export volume of international trade reached 858.02 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%. Among them, exports were 559.52 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.9%; imports were 298.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%.

"Anchoring the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade, and stabilizing the fundamentals of foreign trade, Ningbo helps enterprises to solve difficulties, cultivates a new direction for foreign trade transformation, and expands new space for the development of international trade." Improve the efficiency of port customs clearance, speed up the layout of overseas warehouses, and support cross-border e-commerce to become bigger and stronger.

A few days ago, the financial staff of an electronics company in Ningbo Beilun District processed 16 cross-border payment transactions in batches, and the processing time was shortened from the previous two hours to ten minutes. "After optimizing the procedures, enterprises can directly use online banking to achieve paperless processing." The person in charge of the Agricultural Bank of China Ningbo Beilun Branch introduced.

Ningbo has an active private economy, with more than 100,000 small and micro foreign trade enterprises. Ningbo optimizes processes in financing, credit insurance, logistics and other fields, increases policy support, and promotes international trade enterprises to export commodities and deal with risks.

Some heads of small and micro enterprises have reported that foreign manufacturers cancel orders from time to time. Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Commerce took the lead in building a comprehensive insurance platform for small and micro enterprises to reduce risks such as cancellation of foreign trade orders before shipment, and buyers failing to pay when due. insurance services.

Since June this year, Ningbo has launched a series of "Cloud-Ningbo Central and Eastern Europe" activities, and plans to hold more than 10 online matchmaking meetings throughout the year. Through the "Cloud-Ningbo Central and Eastern Europe" online activities, Ningbo's orders in Central and Eastern European countries have maintained growth.

In response to the peak period of European exhibitions in the second half of the year, Ningbo encourages international trade enterprises to apply the "exhibition on behalf of" service. If the company personnel cannot arrive at the exhibition site, the exhibits will be exported and overseas partners, exhibition companies, etc. will be entrusted to receive the on-site reception on their behalf. Online negotiation with company personnel at the booth.

Develop cross-border e-commerce, and put the goods in overseas warehouses in advance to achieve local delivery, which can effectively reduce the time and logistics costs of cross-border transactions. Up to now, Ningbo has 16,500 cross-border e-commerce companies, and 209 overseas warehouses for international trade have been built and operated around the world.