China’s foreign trade volume hits new high of 30.5 trillion yuan in 2018
China’s foreign trade performed
better than expected in 2018 amid complex global economic conditions. Three figures
are especially eye-catching.
Last year, China’s total value of
imports and exports of goods stood at 30.5 trillion yuan ($4.56 trillion), up
9.7 percent year-on-year. Its imports and exports of services totaled 5.2
trillion yuan, rising 11.5 percent from a year before. Both sets of figures
have created new records.
$510 billion
The total commodities imports and exports reported a net
increase of $510 billion from a year ago, more than the annual volume created
in 2001 when China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO).
16.8 percent
According to WTO statistics,
China’s contribution to global import growth was 16.8 percent in the first
three quarters of 2018.
In the second half of 2018, China
unveiled a series of policies to stabilize foreign trade. By the end of last
December, the overall customs clearance time of China's imports and exports has
been reduced by 56.36 and 61.19 percent, respectively. The country’s general
tariff has been reduced to 7.5 percent from 9.8 percent in 2017.
The steady growth of foreign trade
has brought huge opportunities to Chinese enterprises, consumers as well as
international companies.
Zou Jiahao, manager of a clothing
store in Changshu, east China’s Jiangsu province, said he had to recruit
more employees who could communicate with foreign customers as his
consumer base was enlarging.
Yang Lei, a citizen in Zhengzhou,
capital city of central China’s Henan province, said food from around the world
were coming onto her dinner table and her closet was also filled with more and
more clothes from different countries.
“Place and order in the morning
and I’ll get the parcel before the next afternoon,” she noted, speaking highly
of the delivery efficiency of cross-border e-commerce platforms.
“We have purchased color-coated
sheets and galvanized plates from Chinese manufactures for 8 years in a row, as
they are smooth, high-strength, resilient and corrosion-resistant,” the
president of an iron and steel company in Egypt surnamed Halid introduced to
his client at the Port of Sokhna.
Zhao Zhongxiu, president of Shandong
University of Finance and Economics, said the complex and ever-changing
international environment has tested the resilience of the Chinese industries.
Trucks
loaded
with daily use run through the Yiwu Bonded Logistic Center in Yiwu,
east China’s Zhejiang province on Feb. 25, 2019. The foreign trade of Yiwu hit
a monthly record this January. Photo: People's daily online
China’s foreign trade volume hits new high of 30.5 trillion yuan in 2018
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