General

On September 9, Qingdao Customs announced that according to statistics, in the first 10 months of 2022, Shandong's foreign trade import and export volume was 2.7 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 13.9% over the same period last year. According to customs data, the export volume was 1.64 trillion yuan, up 17.5%; The import volume was 1.06 trillion yuan, up 8.8%.

Zhang Jingzhou, head of the Statistics and Analysis Division of Qingdao Customs, said that the growth rate of Shandong's foreign trade import and export, export and import was higher than the national level in the same period. The import and export value of Shandong Province ranks sixth in China, behind Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Beijing. Among the top six major foreign trade provinces and cities, Shandong ranks the third in terms of import and export growth, behind Beijing and Zhejiang; The export growth rate is second only to that of Zhejiang; The import growth rate ranked third, lower than that of Beijing and Zhejiang.

According to customs statistics, Shandong's import and export to ASEAN in the first 10 months was 514.22 billion yuan, up 52.8%; The volume of imports and exports to the United States was 296.75 billion yuan, up 9.3%; The import and export volume to the EU was 241.8 billion yuan, up 3%; The import and export volume to South Korea was 228.18 billion yuan, up 5.5%; The import and export volume to Russia was 164.34 billion yuan, up 68.3%; The import and export volume to Japan was 159.25 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7%. The above six markets together accounted for 59.4% of the province's total foreign trade import and export value.

According to customs data, over the same period, the import and export volume of Shandong Province to countries and regions along the "the Belt and Road" was 1.03 trillion yuan, an increase of 37.8%, accounting for 38% of the total import and export value of the province, and the proportion increased by 6.6 percentage points. The import and export volume to other RCEP member countries was 1.02 trillion yuan, an increase of 23.4%, accounting for 37.8% of the province's total import and export value, and the proportion increased by 2.9 percentage points.

According to statistics, the import and export of general trade in Shandong Province has grown steadily, and the bonded logistics has increased significantly. In the first 10 months, the general trade import and export volume of Shandong Province was 1.78 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.6%, accounting for 66% of the total import and export value of the province, with a decline of 0.2 percentage points. Over the same period, the import and export volume of bonded logistics was 435.01 billion yuan, an increase of 34.9%; The import and export volume of processing trade was 408.59 billion yuan, up 10%.

Customs data show that the import and export value of private enterprises in Shandong Province has increased rapidly, and the proportion has increased. In the first 10 months, the import and export volume of private enterprises in Shandong Province was 1.98 trillion yuan, an increase of 18.2%, accounting for 73.2% of the total import and export value of the province, and the proportion increased by 2.7 percentage points. Over the same period, the import and export volume of foreign-funded enterprises was 489.86 billion yuan, up 1.4%; The import and export volume of state-owned enterprises was 233.09 billion yuan, up 9.6%.

In the first 10 months, except for Linyi and Zibo, the import and export of the other 14 cities in Shandong Province maintained positive growth. According to customs data, Qingdao's import and export volume was 738.78 billion yuan, up 6.7%, ranking first in the province. The import and export of Zaozhuang, Weifang, Dongying, Tai'an, Binzhou and Jining grew rapidly, reaching 80.6%, 41.4%, 32.3%, 28.7%, 25.1% and 20.9% respectively.