On the 21st, the reporter learned from Yiwu Customs that from January to May this year, the total import and export value of Yiwu City was 127.36 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 25.2% year-on-year. Among them, the total import and export value of Yiwu to ASEAN was 15.64 billion yuan. A year-on-year increase of 23.5%.
In March this year, Yiwu opened an international cargo route to Manila, the Philippines, opening up an air cargo channel for Yiwu to export to Southeast Asia. This route is the second international cargo route opened by Yiwu Airport.
In April this year alone, the total value of Yiwu's imports and exports to ASEAN was 3.57 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 90.7%.
In addition, from January to May this year, the main trade markets of Yiwu showed a rapid growth trend: imports and exports to Africa were 26.44 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.5%; imports and exports to the United States, Chile, and Mexico increased by 23.4% and 102% respectively. , 160.7%. During the same period, Yiwu’s total imports and exports to countries and regions along the “Belt and Road” was 53.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.4%.
From January to May this year, the "Yixin Europe" China-Europe Express has achieved rapid growth: Yiwu Customs supervises the total value of imports and exports of the "Yixin Europe" China-Europe Express to 12.93 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of doubled.
From the perspective of export commodities, Yiwu's exports of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products have grown rapidly, becoming an important export driving force. From January to May this year, the export of electromechanical products in Yiwu was 45.74 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%, accounting for 38.1% of the city’s total export value; the export of labor-intensive products was 47.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.8%.
In addition, boosted by recent events, Yiwu sports goods and equipment exports were 2.87 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 63.4%.