Interpretation of Foreign Trade ＂Transcript＂ of Our Province in the First Half of the Year from Three Dimensions

     

On July 16th, Chengdu Customs released the foreign trade situation in the first half of this year. The data shows that the total import and export value of goods trade in our province in the first half of the year was 365.91 billion yuan, up 21% year-on-year. Compared with the national import and export decline of 3.2% in the same period, the foreign trade of our province rose against the trend.

Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, foreign trade import and export was once under pressure. In this context, our province’s foreign trade withstood the pressure and increased month by month, and the growth rate once ranked second in the country. How did you get this foreign trade "report card"? The reporter started an interview.

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In the strategy of industrial agglomeration and diversification, the "ballast stone" of Chengdu High-tech Comprehensive Insurance Zone plays an obvious role.

At the press conference, a set of data was bright: in the first half of the year, the import and export of Chengdu High-tech Comprehensive Bonded Zone was 248.91 billion yuan, accounting for 68% of the province’s total foreign trade in the first half of the year, and its contribution to the province’s foreign trade growth was as high as 84.7%. This is the first time that the import and export volume of Chengdu High-tech Comprehensive Insurance Zone has been ranked in the national comprehensive insurance zone for 27 consecutive months.

"Chengdu’s foreign trade depends on Chengdu, and Chengdu’s foreign trade depends on the high-tech comprehensive insurance zone. It can be said that Chengdu’s high-tech comprehensive insurance zone played a very obvious role in stabilizing the province’s foreign trade in the first half of the year." According to the relevant person in charge of the Foreign Trade Department of the Department of Commerce, the products of some large foreign-funded enterprises in Chengdu High-tech Comprehensive Insurance Zone are irreplaceable. These enterprises can adjust their production capacity on a global scale and effectively cope with the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on foreign trade.

From the perspective of industrial structure, Chengdu High-tech Comprehensive Insurance Zone has actively undertaken industrial transfer since it was closed in 2011, attracting a large number of Fortune 500 companies such as Intel, Compal and Wistron, and gradually realizing industrial agglomeration represented by electronic information, aerospace, medical technology and other industries. In the first half of the year, the import and export of integrated circuits alone in the high-tech comprehensive insurance zone reached 146.24 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 33.3%, which was "indispensable" in stabilizing foreign trade.

"Adhering to the diversified market strategy has also achieved results." Pan Xudong, director of Chengdu Customs Statistics Department, believes that for a long time, the main foreign trade markets of Chengdu High-tech Comprehensive Insurance Zone have been developed countries such as the United States and the European Union. However, with the promotion of the "Belt and Road Initiative", the foreign trade market has gradually diversified. "It is typical to open up the ASEAN market. In the first half of the year, the high-tech comprehensive insurance zone imported and exported 60.54 billion yuan to ASEAN, up 42% year-on-year, much higher than the average growth rate of imports and exports in the same period."

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Processing trade is still the absolute main force, and market procurement and cross-border e-commerce have sprung up.

On July 12th, a special market procurement trade train loaded with printer accessories, hand tools, LED lights and other products, with a total value of 4.46 million US dollars, passed through Qingbaijiang Customs, passed through Alashankou Port and sailed to Hungary. From reporting, verification to customs clearance, this special train cargo only took one day.

This new trade mode is injecting new kinetic energy into import and export. From the perspective of trade structure, in the first half of the year, our province imported and exported 231.5 billion yuan by processing trade, accounting for 63.3% of the total foreign trade value in the same period, and it is still the absolute main force. However, the press conference revealed that in the first half of the year, our province exported 2.23 billion yuan through market procurement trade, an increase of 26.9 times.

"Market procurement trade refers to the trade mode in which qualified operators purchase goods in the market agglomeration area recognized by the state commerce authorities and other departments, and the value of goods with a single ticket declaration form is less than 150,000 US dollars (inclusive), and the export goods are cleared at the place of purchase." Yang Jianmin, director of Chengdu jinniu district Market Procurement and Trade Service Center, said that this kind of foreign trade list is small and miscellaneous, exempt from value-added tax, flexible in settlement and convenient in customs clearance, so that individual industrial and commercial households can directly participate in foreign trade.

Affected by the epidemic, cross-border e-commerce has sprung up. The press conference revealed that the import and export of cross-border e-commerce in our province in the first half of the year was 580 million yuan, an increase of 85.6%. Take Chengdu International Railway Port as an example. In the first half of the year, the cross-border e-commerce transaction volume of the port totaled 1.76 million, up 970% year-on-year, showing an explosive growth trend. "The epidemic has led to the closure of sea and air transport in many countries, and the comprehensive advantages of China-Europe train (Chengdu) are highlighted by transportation and trade." Zeng Yi, Minister of International Liaison Department of Chengdu qingbaijiang district International Railway Port Management Committee, introduced.

"During the Spring Festival, tens of thousands of cross-border e-commerce orders were stranded due to the epidemic. After Chengdu International Railway Port opened the cross-border direct mail export process, it quickly eased the pressure of accumulating orders." Yolanda, general manager of Chengdu Maibang E-Commerce Co., Ltd. said that cross-border direct mail export allowed more domestic small commodities to be sold abroad, and with the help of Chengdu Customs through the "green channel", the business of many cross-border e-commerce enterprises grew rapidly.

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A number of real money and silver policies have stabilized confidence and cultivated transformation and upgrading bases to support steady development.

Not long ago, 50,000 copies of COVID-19 nucleic acid detection kit goods produced by Sichuan New Healthy Biological Co., Ltd. were sent to Germany by air after completing customs declaration at Chengdu Customs. "From warehousing to customs clearance, this batch of kits only waited for 5 days." Lin Yuan, general manager of New Health Cheng, introduced.

For the first time to explore the foreign trade market, Lin Yuan’s convenience comes from a favorable policy: at the end of April this year, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs implemented a "white list" system for the export of pharmaceutical products. Subsequently, the Department of Commerce coordinated relevant departments to guide enterprises to fill in information, and reported a number of high-quality enterprises with new health status to the "white list". "For enterprises entering the list, we will arrange special personnel to dock and pay close attention to export demand; Under the premise of biological safety control, the quarantine approval application form will be inspected with the report, and the’ zero delay’ will be quickly checked and released. " The relevant person in charge of Chengdu Customs introduced.

This is just a microcosm of many safeguard measures to stabilize foreign trade in our province under the impact of the epidemic. In the first half of the year, our province successively issued the Notice on Nine Measures to Support Foreign Trade Enterprises to Respond to the Epidemic Situation and Stabilize the Development of Foreign Trade, and the Notice on Carrying out the Joint Action of Financial Support for Foreign Trade Enterprises in our province to Resume Work, which helped foreign trade enterprises in many aspects, such as expanding financing, reducing logistics fees and legal relief. "It not only gives good real money and silver policies, but also helps enterprises build confidence to tide over the difficulties." Li Yuguo, director of the Provincial Institute of International Economy and Trade, thinks.

Measures to stabilize foreign trade are still advancing. Recently, nine departments, including the Department of Commerce, the Department of Economy and Information Technology and the Department of Finance, jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Foreign Trade Transformation and Upgrading Bases in Sichuan Province (2020-2025)", proposing that by 2025, 40 provincial-level foreign trade transformation and upgrading bases should be cultivated, making them an important support for the steady development of foreign trade in the province. "The first batch of 15 bases are currently being reviewed and cultivated, and the finance is expected to give relevant special support." The relevant person in charge of the Department of Commerce revealed. (Reporter   Luozhixiang)