Quanzhou's Foreign Trade Moves Towards High Quality Development

According to customs statistics, in 2018, the total value of foreign trade and import and export in Quanzhou was 185 billion 370 million yuan (RMB), an increase of 18.2% over last year, accounting for 15% of the total import and export value of Fujian in the same period. The scale of import and export was third in Xiamen and Fuzhou, of which 119 billion 260 million yuan was exported, 14% increased, 66 billion 110 million yuan was imported, 26.7% increased, and the foreign trade surplus was 53 billion 150 million yuan.

The ratio of imports to exports, the ratio of exports to imports and the ratio of imports were higher than the average level of Fujian province by 11.6, 6.9 and 20.9 percentage points respectively.

According to the analysis, the main characteristics of Quanzhou's foreign trade in 2018 are:

First, the growth of major trading partners is strong.

Among them, the main export markets are ASEAN, the European Union, the United States and the import market. Saudi Arabia is thriving. South Africa, the European Union, the United States, Japan, ASEAN, China's Taiwan and other major import markets have grown rapidly.

In 2018, Quanzhou exported 27 billion 580 million yuan to ASEAN, an increase of 29.7%, the EU 20 billion 640 million yuan, an increase of 6.3%, the United States 18 billion 950 million yuan, an increase of 22.9%, and three of the total accounted for 56.3% of the total value of Quanzhou's exports in the same period.

In terms of imports, imports from Saudi Arabia increased by 28 billion 220 million yuan, an increase of 21.1%, South Africa's 6 billion 310 million yuan, an increase of 40.7%, the EU's 4 billion 910 million yuan, an increase of 46.9%, the United States 4 billion 390 million yuan, an increase of 15.1%, 3 billion 580 million yuan in Taiwan, an increase of 28%, a 3 billion 390 million yuan in Japan, an increase of 3 billion 390 million, and an increase in ASEAN's GDP, accounting for the total value of the total imports of Quanzhou in the same period.

Two, the pformation and upgrading of traditional commodities are obvious.

In 2018, Quanzhou exported seven categories of traditional labor intensive products, such as textiles, clothing, furniture, bags, footwear, plastic products and toys, to 78 billion 700 million yuan, an increase of 17.5% over the same period last year, accounting for 66% of the total export value, showing vitality and vitality; while the export of electromechanical products mainly exported 14 billion 80 million yuan of electromechanical products, down 0.8% from the same period last year, accounting for 11.8% of the total export value.

The three is the Hauser effect.

The main imports are mainly crude oil, mechanical and electrical products, high-tech products, soybeans, primary plastic, pulp and other raw materials.

In 2018, Quanzhou imported 29 billion 360 million yuan of crude oil, an increase of 20.9% over the same period last year, accounting for 44.4% of the total foreign trade import value of Quanzhou in the same period, mainly from Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The import and export of mechanical and electrical products were 10 billion 160 million yuan, 296.4% growth, 8 billion 550 million yuan of high-tech products, 498.5% growth, 2 billion 960 million yuan of soybeans, 4.4% reduction, 23.5 23.5 primary plastic products, 49.5% 49.5% growth, and the pulp was 49.5% yuan and decreased.