General

According to the Lanzhou Customs on the 17th, the total import and export value of Gansu's foreign trade in 2022 will be 58.42 billion yuan, up 18.8% year on year. Customs data showed that the export value was 12.73 billion yuan, up 31.4% year on year; The import value was 45.69 billion yuan, up 15.7% year on year.

Import and export showed strong resilience, and the scale reached a new high since 2014. According to customs data, in 2022, Gansu's total import and export value was 58.42 billion yuan, which continued to maintain stable growth on the basis of the high base in 2021, and the scale reached a new high since 2014. From a quarterly perspective, the import and export values in the first, second, third and fourth quarters were 16.74 billion yuan, 15.11 billion yuan, 13.72 billion yuan and 12.85 billion yuan respectively, with growth rates of 22.8%, 20.9%, 15% and 15.5% respectively.

In terms of trade partners, all imports and exports with the top five trade partners are growing, and the proportion of imports and exports to countries along the "the Belt and Road" has further increased. According to customs data, in 2022, the import and export value of Gansu to Kazakhstan, ASEAN, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Australia and the European Union was 13.44 billion yuan, 5.88 billion yuan, 4.42 billion yuan, 4.31 billion yuan and 3.92 billion yuan respectively, with year-on-year growth of 44.9%, 84.6%, 116.3%, 63% and 15.1% respectively. During the same period, Gansu's import and export value to countries along the "the Belt and Road" was 27.83 billion yuan, up 23.8% year on year, accounting for 47.6% of the province's total foreign trade value, up 2 percentage points over the previous year. The value of imports and exports to RCEP member countries was 13.78 billion yuan, up 49.3% year on year.

From the perspective of foreign trade market entities, state-owned enterprises accounted for more than 60% of imports and exports, while private enterprises accounted for less. According to customs data, in 2022, the import and export value of Gansu state-owned enterprises was 39.38 billion yuan, up 31.3% year on year, accounting for 67.4% of Gansu's total foreign trade value, up 6.4 percentage points from the previous year. Among them, the export value was 2.17 billion yuan, up 69.8% year on year; The import value was 37.21 billion yuan, up 29.6% year on year. During the same period, the import and export value of private enterprises in Gansu was 18.63 billion yuan, up 0.1% year on year, accounting for 31.9% of the total import and export value of the province. The import and export value of foreign-invested enterprises is 400 million yuan.

In terms of foreign trade structure, the pace of undertaking the transfer of processing trade continued to accelerate. In 2022, the import and export value of Gansu's general trade will be 38.93 billion yuan, up 16.5% year on year, accounting for 66.6% of the province's total foreign trade value. Among them, the export value was 8.84 billion yuan, up 45.8% year on year; The import value was 30.09 billion yuan, up 10% year on year. During the same period, the import and export value of processing trade in Gansu was 17.17 billion yuan, up 57.9% year on year, accounting for 29.4% of the province's total foreign trade value, up 7.3 percentage points. Among them, the export value was 3.32 billion yuan, up 13.7% year on year; The import value was 13.85 billion yuan, up 74.1% year on year. The import and export value of bonded logistics is 2.14 billion yuan.

The export of major export products maintained positive growth. According to customs data, the export value of mechanical and electrical products in Gansu will reach 6.23 billion yuan in 2022, up 23% year on year. Among them, the export value of electronic components is 2.34 billion yuan; The export value of electrical equipment was 1.2 billion yuan, up 21% year on year. During the same period, the export value of agricultural products in Gansu was 2.46 billion yuan, up 29.7% year on year. Among them, the export value of seeds, fresh apples and apple juice was 590 million yuan, 450 million yuan and 200 million yuan respectively, with an increase of 34.7%, 12.4% and 18.9% respectively. The export value of labor-intensive products was 610 million yuan, up 51.3% year on year.

The import of metal ore and ore, nickel and cobalt new materials continued to grow. According to customs data, in 2022, the import value of metal ore and ore in Gansu will reach 23.68 billion yuan, up 15.4% year on year. Among them, the import value of copper ore and its concentrate was 16.41 billion yuan, up 3.1% year on year; The import value of nickel ore and its concentrate was 5.23 billion yuan, up 50.4% year on year. During the same period, the import value of nickel and cobalt new materials in Gansu was 6.72 billion yuan, up 102.7% year on year.