General

In 2022, China's foreign trade imports and exports withstood the impact of multiple unexpected factors, and the scale rose to a higher level and the quality was steadily improved. Chongqing Customs has effectively coordinated the prevention and control of the epidemic situation at the port and promoted the steady growth of foreign trade. It has spared no effort to guard the country's door and promote development, and has effectively promoted the city's foreign trade to make progress and improve steadily.

According to customs data, the total import and export value of Chongqing's foreign trade in 2022 reached 815.84 billion, an increase of 2% over the same period last year. Customs data showed that export was 524.53 billion yuan, up 1.5%, and import was 291.31 billion yuan, up 2.9%. Among the 12 provinces and cities in the western region, Chongqing's foreign trade import and export value continued to rank second, accounting for 21.1% of the total foreign trade import and export value of the western region in the same period.

Specifically, the city's foreign trade import and export in 2022 will have the following characteristics:

The import and export of private enterprises contributed significantly to the growth of foreign trade.

According to customs data, in 2022, the import and export of Chongqing's private enterprises reached 374.11 billion yuan, up 7.1%, accounting for 45.9% of the total import and export value of Chongqing's foreign trade in the same period, and contributing 156% to the growth of Chongqing's foreign trade. During the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises amounted to 382.3 billion yuan, basically the same as that of 2021, accounting for 46.9%.

The import and export of general trade grew rapidly.

In 2022, Chongqing's general trade import and export will be 292.82 billion yuan, up 9%, accounting for 2.3 percentage points to 35.9% of Chongqing's total foreign trade import and export value in the same period. During the same period, the import and export of bonded logistics amounted to 165.91 billion yuan, up 0.4%; The import and export of processing trade reached 354 billion yuan, down 2.5%.

The import and export to the three major trading partners remained basically stable.

According to customs data, in 2022, Chongqing's imports and exports to ASEAN, the EU and the United States were 126.63 billion, 124.76 billion and 113.48 billion yuan respectively, with an increase of 0.7% to the EU. Over the same period, imports and exports to countries along the "the Belt and Road" reached 221.4 billion yuan, up 0.3%.

The comprehensive bonded zone is the main support of Chongqing's foreign trade.

In 2022, the import and export of Chongqing Comprehensive Bonded Zone will be 535.82 billion yuan, accounting for 65.7% of the total import and export value of Chongqing's foreign trade in the same period. Among them, the import and export values of Xiyong and Lianglu Guoyuan Port Comprehensive Bonded Areas ranked fourth and ninth in the national comprehensive protected areas respectively.

Electronic information is the pillar industry of Chongqing's foreign trade.

According to customs data, in 2022, the import and export of Chongqing's electronic information industry will be 495.12 billion yuan, accounting for 60.7% of the total import and export value of Chongqing's foreign trade in the same period. Among them, in terms of exports, the main commodities are notebook computers, which export 55.453 million sets with a value of 177.47 billion yuan, ranking first in the country. In terms of imports, the main commodities are integrated circuits, with an import of 122.29 billion yuan, accounting for 42% of the city's total import value in the same period.

In addition, the import and export of Chongqing's automobile manufacturing industry amounted to 32.11 billion yuan, accounting for 3.9% of the total import and export value of Chongqing's foreign trade in the same period.