General

According to the data of Guangdong Customs, Guangdong's total import and export value in 2022 will be 8.31 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.5% over 2021. Among them, exports reached 5.33 trillion yuan, up 5.5%; Import was 2.98 trillion yuan, down 7.4%. Guangdong's total import and export value has achieved positive growth on the basis of the high base in 2021, and its scale has reached a new record, accounting for 19.8% of the total import and export value of the country, and it has remained the largest province in foreign trade in the country.

According to customs data, Guangdong's foreign trade import and export are resilient, maintain its advantages over traditional trading partners, and develop new markets vigorously. In 2022, Guangdong's top five trading partners will be ASEAN, Hong Kong, the United States, the European Union and Taiwan, China, respectively. Except for a 9.7% decline in imports and exports to Hong Kong, China, the rest will increase by 9.1%, 5.4%, 4.6% and 1.6% respectively. In addition, the growth rate was 10.3% for countries along the "the Belt and Road", 9.5% for Latin America and 9.3% for other BRIC countries.

The proportion of general trade in Guangdong increased. According to customs data, in 2022, Guangdong's import and export through general trade amounted to 4.54 trillion yuan, up 5%, accounting for 54.6% of Guangdong's total foreign trade value, up 2.3 percentage points from 2021. Processing trade was 2.15 trillion yuan, down 4.7%, accounting for 25.9%; Bonded logistics reached 1.37 trillion yuan, up 5%, accounting for 16.5%.

Guangdong's private enterprises have strong vitality and state-owned enterprises have grown rapidly. According to customs data, in 2022, the import and export of Guangdong's private enterprises reached 4.78 trillion yuan, up 2.5%, accounting for 57.6% of Guangdong's total foreign trade value, up 1.1 percentage points from 2021. The import and export of state-owned enterprises reached 481.76 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3%, 12.8 percentage points faster than the overall growth rate of Guangdong's foreign trade; Foreign-invested enterprises reached 3.03 trillion yuan, down 3.9%.

Guangdong's main export commodities grew well, and new energy products increased significantly. According to customs data, in 2022, Guangdong's export of electrical equipment will reach 370.53 billion yuan, up 19%; Automatic data processing equipment and its components amounted to 356.31 billion yuan, up 6.2%; Mobile phones reached 263.6 billion yuan, up 3%; Integrated circuits reached 206.75 billion yuan, up 8.8%. Over the same period, the export of labor-intensive products reached 875.18 billion yuan, up 5.7%. It is worth mentioning that the export of new energy products has increased rapidly, such as electric passenger cars, solar cells and lithium-ion batteries, which have increased by 4.7 times, 45.3% and 42.6% respectively.