General

According to the statistics of Zhengzhou Customs, the total import and export volume of goods trade in Zhengzhou will reach 606.97 billion yuan in 2022, with a year-on-year increase of 3.1%, accounting for 71.2% of the total trade volume of the province, exceeding the annual target of 591.1 billion yuan.

According to customs data, in 2022, Zhengzhou's export volume reached 359.63 billion yuan, up 1.3% year on year; The import volume was 247.34 billion yuan, up 5.8% year on year. The total import and export volume ranks the fifth in the provincial capital cities of China and the first in the central cities for 11 consecutive years.

It is not difficult to see from these data that Zhengzhou's foreign trade development level will continue to improve in 2022. According to the customs data, from the perspective of enterprise vitality, foreign-invested enterprises are still the main force of Zhengzhou's foreign trade, accounting for 59% of the total import and export volume. The growth rate of private enterprises continues to be strong, with the import and export volume reaching 225.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10%. The potential of state-owned enterprises is huge, with a year-on-year increase of 41%; From the perspective of foreign trade mode, processing trade was 470.21 billion yuan, accounting for 77.5% of the city's total, and general trade import and export was 116.42 billion yuan, accounting for 19.2% of the city's total, up 21% year on year.

In addition, customs data showed that, from the perspective of commodity structure, the import and export volume of mechanical and electrical products and high-tech products continued to rise, accounting for 91.2% and 78% of the city's imports and 81.2% and 73.6% of the city's exports, respectively. The main import and export commodity categories were electronic components, electronic technology, computer and communication technology, mobile phones, audio and video equipment and parts, flat panel display modules, etc.

According to customs data, in terms of trade volume with major trading partners, Zhengzhou has a large share of trade with the United States, with an import and export volume of 151.96 billion yuan, up 2.4% year-on-year, accounting for 25% of the city's import and export. The import and export of RCEP member countries and the "the Belt and Road" were 192.38 billion yuan and 222.47 billion yuan respectively, with year-on-year growth of 15.4% and 17.3%, far exceeding the overall growth level, accounting for 31.7% and 36.7% of the city's import and export respectively.

Zhengzhou will increase the assistance of foreign trade enterprises to help them develop the international market

In the face of the severe and complex international situation and the larger impact of the epidemic, the relevant staff of the Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce introduced that since 2022, Zhengzhou has been focusing on epidemic prevention and control, helping enterprises to solve difficulties, and implementing precise policies, focusing on promoting the stability and innovative development of the city's foreign trade, organizing and participating in major economic and trade exchange activities, and helping enterprises to expand the international market. Zhengzhou has not only successfully applied for the key undertaking and demonstration sites for the gradient transfer of national processing trade, but also successfully approved the National Import Trade Promotion and Innovation Demonstration Zone, which has achieved remarkable results in promoting the stability and innovation development of foreign trade, and won the State Council's supervision and incentive award.

"However, in 2023, there are still many uncertain and unstable factors affecting the development of foreign trade in Zhengzhou," said the relevant staff of Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce.

He said that in the next step, Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce will carefully sort out and cultivate new trade growth points, strengthen reform and innovation, and promote the integration of trade and industry and the integration of domestic and foreign trade; Implement and optimize various foreign trade support policies and measures, and comprehensively increase the assistance of foreign trade enterprises; Promote the application of RCEP trade rules and help enterprises develop international markets; Accelerate the construction of import trade innovation demonstration zone, promote the "trade promotion" of import, industry and consumption, and carry out the "trade innovation" of policies, services and models; Explore new development opportunities for foreign trade and promote the high-quality development of foreign trade in the city.