Recently, Yangzhou Customs data showed that from January to October this year, Yangzhou's foreign trade import and export amounted to 93.13 billion yuan, up 18.4% year on year, 9.9 percentage points faster than that of Jiangsu Province in the same period, ranking the fourth in the province.
In Yangzhou Jianghuai Light Automobile Co., Ltd. in Jiangdu District, new high-end pickup trucks are being produced off the assembly line. The person in charge of the enterprise said that since this year, there has been a strong demand for pickup trucks in the international market, and the enterprise's international orders have kept growing. According to customs data, from January to October, Yangzhou Jianghuai achieved 34000 vehicle exports, up 109% year on year. Jiang Yang, the head of the production scheduling section of the company's production and manufacturing department, said that the annual export target was 38000 units, with a year-on-year export growth of 110%. The overall export countries were mainly South American markets and the Middle East markets. At present, orders have been placed in December this year, and the first quarter of 2023 is expected to reach 6000 units.
In recent years, Yangzhou Jianghuai has seized the opportunity, constantly introduced new products, enriched product lines, and constantly improved the international influence of the brand. On this basis, the enterprise plans to further explore Germany, Italy and other overseas high-end markets next year.
Hong Lei, deputy general manager of Yangzhou Jianghuai Light Automobile Co., Ltd., said that at present, the company's production capacity has basically met the requirements of full production. Next, we will do a good job in technical transformation, increase R&D investment, and improve the investment of Jianghuai Automobile in Yangzhou City. On the one hand, we will make products better, and on the other hand, we will make the market bigger, so that Jianghuai Automobile can create a brilliant future in Yangzhou.
Yangzhou Jianghuai River is a microcosm of Yangzhou's efforts to stabilize foreign trade and promote development this year. According to customs data, in the first 10 months of this year, Yangzhou's foreign trade import and export amounted to 93.13 billion yuan, up 18.4% year on year. Among them, the export was 73.75 billion yuan, an increase of 29.1%, 17.6 percentage points faster than that of the province, ranking the third in the province; Imports reached 19.38 billion yuan, down 10%.
In terms of foreign trade entities, customs data show that in the first 10 months, the top 100 enterprises in Yangzhou's export value totaled 47.48 billion yuan, an increase of 31%, accounting for 64.4% of the city's total export value.
According to customs data, in terms of export market, in the first 10 months, Yangzhou's import and export to countries along the "the Belt and Road" reached 18.25 billion yuan, an increase of 21.6%, accounting for 19.6% of the city's total foreign trade import and export value, and contributing 22.4% to the city's foreign trade growth.
The customs department said that it would further optimize customs clearance services in the future to help "Made in Yangzhou" go abroad.