According to customs statistics, in the first eight months of this year, China's total import and export value was 27.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.1% over the same period last year (the same below). Among them, exports were 15.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.2%; Imports were 11.82 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.2%; The trade surplus was 3.66 trillion yuan, an increase of 58.2%.
In August, China's total import and export value was 3.71 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.6%. Among them, exports were 2.12 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.8%; Imports were 1.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.6%; The trade surplus was 535.91 billion yuan, an increase of 40.4%.
Li Kuiwen, director of the statistics and Analysis Department of the General Administration of customs, said that since the beginning of this year, in the face of the complex and severe foreign trade development environment, China has effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, continuously issued a series of policies to stabilize foreign trade, promoted the stabilization of the overall market, expansion of advantages and vitality of foreign trade, and achieved stable growth.
The import and export of general trade increased by double digits and increased in proportion. In the first eight months, China's general trade imports and exports were 17.55 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.1%, accounting for 64.3% of China's total foreign trade value, an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the same period last year. China's imports and exports through bonded logistics amounted to 3.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 9%.
Imports and exports to ASEAN, the European Union, the United States and other major trading partners increased. In the first eight months, the total value of trade with ASEAN was 4.09 trillion yuan, an increase of 14%; The total value of trade with the EU was 3.75 trillion yuan, an increase of