The General Administration of Customs released the foreign trade data for the first four months. In April, China’s import and export of goods reached 3.84 trillion yuan, up 5.6%. Among them, exports were 2.27 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.3%; Imports reached 1.57 trillion yuan, up by 0.8%, and the scale of both import and export growth was the second highest in the same period in history, driving the overall growth of foreign trade to 2.4% in the first four months.
Foreign trade data, like a mirror, clearly reflects the vigorous production vitality and strong market momentum of thousands of foreign trade enterprises. It is not only an intuitive embodiment of the economic pulse, but also a powerful witness that China is closely linked with the world economy and enjoys common prosperity.
Since the beginning of this year, all localities and departments have made concerted efforts to effectively cope with external shocks, and promoted China’s economy to continue to pick up and improve, and foreign trade continued to grow steadily. The import and export data in April is like a bright color, which is particularly eye-catching-the growth rate of import and export is 4.3% faster than that in the first quarter, and the growth rate of export is further expanded, which fully demonstrates the strong resilience and vitality of China’s foreign trade, and is like a needle that has stabilized the basic disk of economic development.
It is no accident that China’s foreign trade can maintain steady growth in the complex environment of increasing global economic uncertainty and rising protectionism. This is due to China’s active promotion of market diversification strategy, continuous expansion of emerging markets and reduced dependence on a single market; Benefiting from continuously increasing investment in technology research and development, promoting industrial upgrading and enhancing product added value and core competitiveness; Thanks to flexible adjustment of supply chain layout, optimization of resource allocation, and improvement of ability to cope with risks; Thanks to the government’s series of policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade, it has provided strong support and guarantee for the development of enterprises.
Source: official website, General Administration of Customs
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