The Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Statistics released the achievements of Shaanxi's economic and social development since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. According to statistics from Xi'an Customs, from 2013 to 2021, the province's total import and export value reached 2,508.006 billion yuan, with an average annual growth of 19.8%, 14.4 percentage points higher than the national level.
The foreign trade structure has been continuously optimized, and foreign-funded enterprises have performed well
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the diversification of Shaanxi's foreign trade business entities has achieved remarkable results, and the structure has been further optimized, forming a foreign trade pattern in which foreign-funded enterprises take the lead and cooperate with private enterprises and state-owned enterprises to explore the international market. According to customs statistics, from 2013 to 2021, foreign-funded enterprises achieved a total import and export volume of 1,640.585 billion yuan, with an average annual growth of 25.0%, accounting for 65.4% of the province's total import and export, becoming an important supporting force for the province's foreign trade import and export.
The coordinated development of foreign trade and the continuous enhancement of processing trade
Shaanxi takes advantage of labor cost to undertake the transfer of processing trade industry, which makes the proportion of processing trade increase year by year. Customs data shows that in 2012, the total import and export value of general trade accounted for 56.0% of the province's total foreign trade import and export value, and processing trade accounted for only 29.7%. The average annual growth rate is 28.0%, and the total import and export value of general trade is 665.484 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 10.7%.
The province's foreign trade area covers Xi'an's leading advantages
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the development structure of Shaanxi's foreign trade import and export regions has not changed significantly. According to customs data, in 2021, the total import and export value of Guanzhong, southern Shaanxi and northern Shaanxi will be 467.239 billion yuan, 5.774 billion yuan and 2.762 billion yuan respectively, accounting for 98.2%, 1.2% and 0.6% of the province. Compared with 2012, the average annual growth of foreign trade import and export value in Guanzhong area was 19.8%, that in southern Shaanxi was 21.8%, and that in northern Shaanxi was 16.3%. As the leader of the province's foreign trade import and export, Xi'an gives full play to the leading role of the central city of the Silk Road, and the scale of foreign trade import and export continues to expand. Customs data also shows that the import and export volume of foreign trade in 2021 will be 439.996 billion yuan, 5.4 times that of 2012. , with an average annual growth rate of 20.5%, and the proportion of foreign trade in the province reached 92.5%.