General

According to customs data, in the first 10 months of this year, Quanzhou's total foreign trade imports and exports reached 224.92 billion yuan, up 2.3% year on year. Among them, the total export value was 163.66 billion yuan, and the total import value was 61.26 billion yuan (up 24%).

According to the customs data, Quanzhou's exports are mainly footwear, machinery and electrical products, with the export volume of 87.64 billion yuan and 29.86 billion yuan respectively, accounting for 71.8% of Quanzhou's total foreign trade export value. The export volume of Quanzhou footwear and clothing products mainly comes from Jinjiang, which also reflects that Jinjiang footwear and clothing exports continue to maintain their advantages.

In addition, customs data show that from January to October, Quanzhou's imports and exports to the United States and the European Union were 26.18 billion yuan and 25.14 billion yuan, respectively, up 0.2% and 11.1% year on year. It is noteworthy that Quanzhou's import and export to countries along the "Belt and Road" reached 122.16 billion yuan, an increase of 12.4%, accounting for 54.3%.

Benefiting from the initiative of jointly building the "Belt and Road", Jinjiang has actively expanded the "Belt and Road" market in recent years to find new growth for enterprises.

According to customs data, in 2021, Jinjiang's foreign trade imports and exports to countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" will reach 68.3 billion yuan, up 74.8% year on year. According to customs data, the export value was 62.74 billion yuan, up 79.2% year on year, and the import value was 5.56 billion yuan, up 37.5% year on year.

Jinjiang, as the core component of Quanzhou's foreign trade, continues to lead with high quality. Behind the bright data is the choice of Jinjiang Foreign Trade to review the situation and focus on the core market.

This month, a total of 29 enterprises in Jinjiang City signed up to participate in 7 overseas exhibitions. At present, overseas exhibitions have gradually recovered. With the strong support of Jinjiang Municipal Party Committee and Jinjiang Municipal Government, the enthusiasm of Jinjiang enterprises to "go global" continues to rise. From wait-and-see to small-scale "water testing", from sporting goods exhibitions to international dessert and leisure food expositions, more and more enterprises choose to go abroad to grab orders overseas and look for growth.

"Influenced by the epidemic, enterprises cannot go out and merchants cannot enter. If they do not take the initiative, enterprises will face the problem of survival." Many enterprises interviewed said that, affected by the epidemic, most of their orders came from old customers and online orders, but there was still a gap between cloud orders and actual face-to-face communication. We hope to find new orders for enterprises by participating in exhibitions, especially in Europe and countries along the "Belt and Road".

Relevant staff of Jinjiang Municipal Bureau of Commerce said that in the next stage, Jinjiang will help the high-quality development of Jinjiang's foreign trade by strengthening relevant foreign trade policy support, focusing on the export of key enterprises, focusing on cultivating new growth points, actively organizing enterprises to participate in overseas exhibitions and grab orders, optimizing the comprehensive foreign trade environment and other aspects.