General

According to the data of Zhengzhou Customs, the total import and export value of Henan Province in 2022 was 852.41 billion yuan, an increase of 4.4% over 2021. Among them, export was 524.7 billion yuan, up 5.2%; The import was 327.71 billion yuan, up 3.2%; The trade surplus was 196.99 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8%.

It is reported that this achievement is another breakthrough of 850 billion yuan in Henan Province after the breakthrough of 700 billion yuan and 800 billion yuan in 2021. It is noteworthy that in the face of various adverse factors, customs data show that in the last month of 2022, the import and export value of Henan Province's foreign trade was 83.93 billion yuan, a significant increase of 67.6% on a month-on-month basis.

Looking at the foreign trade transcript of Henan in 2022, it mainly presents the following characteristics.

Mainly processing trade, general trade and bonded logistics import and export grew rapidly. According to customs data, the import and export of processing trade amounted to 511.33 billion yuan, up 0.7%, accounting for 60% of the total import and export value of the province's foreign trade; Import and export through general trade amounted to 299.4 billion yuan, up 10.2%, accounting for 35.1%; Import and export through bonded logistics amounted to 35.81 billion yuan, up 14.9%, accounting for 4.2%.

Private enterprises have the fastest growth rate, and the number of foreign trade enterprises with achievements has continued to increase. According to customs data, the import and export of private enterprises reached 407.76 billion yuan, up 11.6%, accounting for 47.8% of the province's total foreign trade value over the same period; The import and export of foreign-invested enterprises reached 372.49 billion yuan, accounting for 43.7%; The import and export of state-owned enterprises amounted to 63.72 billion yuan, accounting for 7.5%. The number of foreign trade enterprises with import and export achievements reached 10740, an increase of 6.6% year on year.

The import and export to major trading partners kept growing, and the growth rate of import and export to other RCEP member countries and countries along the "the Belt and Road" was higher than that of the whole. The United States, ASEAN, the European Union (27 countries, excluding the United Kingdom), Taiwan, China, and South Korea are the top five trading partners of Henan Province, and the total import and export accounts for 65.5% of the province's total foreign trade value; Import and export to other RCEP member countries reached 255.22 billion yuan, up 15.9%; Import and export with countries along the "the Belt and Road" reached 222.89 billion yuan, up 23%.

Over five years ago, mobile phones and their parts were imported and exported. According to customs data, automobile exports and crude oil imports doubled. The total import and export of four commodities, including mobile phones, integrated circuits, audio and video parts, and flat panel display modules, amounted to 450.27 billion yuan, accounting for 52.8% of the total import and export value of the province. During the same period, the export growth rate of labor-intensive products, aluminum, agricultural products and automobiles was higher than the average export growth rate of the province; In terms of imports, metal ore and mineral sand fell by more than 10%, and the import growth of agricultural products and crude oil was higher than the average import growth of the province.

In addition, from the perspective of all cities, the import and export of Zhengzhou, Jiyuan, Xuchang, Nanyang, Sanmenxia, Luoyang, Jiaozuo, Puyang, Xinxiang and Zhoukou in Henan Province are more than 11 billion yuan, accounting for 93.6% of the total foreign trade value of the province, of which the import and export of Zhengzhou accounts for 71.2% of the total foreign trade value of the province.