General

According to customs statistics, the total import and export value of China's goods trade in 2022 was 42.07 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.7% over 2021. Among them, exports reached 23.97 trillion yuan, up 10.5%; Import was 18.1 trillion yuan, up 4.3%. Specifically, it has the following five characteristics:

First, import and export are flexible and large-scale. According to customs data, in 2022, China's total import and export value exceeded 40 trillion yuan for the first time, and continued to maintain stable growth on the basis of the high base in 2021, with the scale reaching a new record high, and maintaining the status of the world's first trading country of goods for six consecutive years. From a quarterly perspective, the total value of imports and exports in the first and second quarters exceeded 9 trillion yuan and 10 trillion yuan respectively, and the total value of imports and exports in the third quarter increased to 11.3 trillion yuan, which is a new high in the scale of the quarter. The total value of imports and exports in the fourth quarter continued to maintain the level of 11 trillion yuan.

Second, the structure of trade partners is excellent and the growth potential is good. According to customs data, in 2022, China's imports and exports to ASEAN, the European Union and the United States were 6.52 trillion, 5.65 trillion and 5.05 trillion yuan, up 15%, 5.6% and 3.7% respectively. Over the same period, China's import and export to countries along the "the Belt and Road" increased by 19.4%, accounting for 32.9% of China's total foreign trade, an increase of 3.2 percentage points; Import and export to other members of RCEP increased by 7.5%.

Third, general trade grew rapidly and its proportion increased. In 2022, China's general trade import and export will reach 26.81 trillion yuan, up 11.5%, accounting for 63.7% of the total import and export value, up 2.2 percentage points; Among them, exports reached 15.25 trillion yuan, up 15.4%; Import reached 11.56 trillion yuan, up 6.7%. During the same period, the import and export of processing trade amounted to 8.45 trillion yuan, accounting for 20.1% of the total import and export value.

Fourth, the number and vitality of foreign trade entities increased. According to customs data, in 2022, there were 598000 foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance, an increase of 5.6%. Among them, there were 510000 private enterprises, an increase of 7%, import and export of 21.4 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.9%, accounting for 50.9% of the total import and export value, an increase of 2.3 percentage points. During the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 13.82 trillion yuan, and that of state-owned enterprises was 6.77 trillion yuan, accounting for 32.9% and 16.1% of the total import and export value respectively.

Fifth, the supply and demand of main products are stable and have sufficient advantages. According to customs data, in 2022, China's import and export of mechanical and electrical products will reach 20.66 trillion yuan, up 2.5%, accounting for 49.1% of the total import and export value. Among them, the export of solar cells, lithium batteries and automobiles increased by 67.8%, 86.7% and 82.2% respectively. Over the same period, the export of labor-intensive products reached 4.28 trillion yuan, up 8.9%, accounting for 17.9% of the total export value. Among them, the export of bags, shoes and toys increased by 32.6%, 24.4% and 9.1% respectively. In addition, the total import of energy products such as crude oil, natural gas and coal was 3.19 trillion yuan, up 40.9%, accounting for 17.6% of the total import value; The import of agricultural products reached 1.57 trillion yuan, up 10.8%, accounting for 8.7% of the total import value.

2022 is an extremely important year in the history of the Party and the country. We successfully held the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, drawing a grand blueprint for building a socialist modern country in an all-round way. Despite the triple pressures of demand contraction, supply shock and weakening expectations, China's foreign trade import and export still showed strong resilience, and handed over a bright transcript in the face of many difficulties and challenges.   In the past year, the customs has been focusing on the study, publicity and implementation of the 20th CPC National Congress, deeply comprehending the decisive significance of "two establishment", firmly implementing the "two maintenance", unswervingly implementing the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and keeping the country's door, promoting development, and effectively coordinating the epidemic prevention and control at ports and promoting the steady growth of foreign trade in accordance with the important requirements of "epidemic prevention, economic stability, and development", It has effectively promoted the stability and quality of foreign trade and made positive contributions to the steady development of the economy.

In general, China's foreign trade achieved a new breakthrough in 2022, and the scale, quality and efficiency of import and export increased simultaneously. The achievements were not easy to come by. Looking ahead to this year, the foundation of China's economic recovery is not yet solid, the external environment is volatile, the downward pressure on the world economy is increasing, and China's foreign trade development is still facing many difficulties and challenges. While facing these difficulties and challenges, we should also see that China's economy has strong resilience, great potential and vitality, and the fundamentals of long-term improvement remain unchanged. This year's economy is expected to rebound in general. We should be more confident in promoting the stability of the scale and structure of foreign trade.

  The State Council has made major decisions and plans to forge loyalty, assume the mission, guard the country's door, promote development, and work together, be down-to-earth and work hard, make greater efforts to promote the stability of the scale and structure of foreign trade, accelerate the construction of a socialist modern customs, and make new and greater contributions to comprehensively promoting Chinese path to modernization.