The General Administration of Customs announced on September 7 that in the first eight months of 2023, my country’s total foreign trade import and export value was 27.08 trillion yuan, which was at a historical high for the same period.
According to customs statistics, in the first eight months of 2023, my country's total import and export value was 27.08 trillion yuan, a slight decrease of 0.1% year-on-year. Among them, exports were 15.47 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.8%; imports were 11.61 trillion yuan, a decrease of 1.3%. In the month of August, my country's imports and exports were 3.59 trillion yuan, a month-on-month increase of 3.9%. The overall monthly imports and exports showed a stable trend.
In the past few days, workers from an agricultural machinery company in Linyi, Shandong Province are assembling and debugging 1,400 agricultural tractors. After passing the inspection, they will be shipped to European customers.
This company, whose main products are agricultural machinery such as tractors and corn harvesters, has greatly improved its production efficiency and product quality by continuously increasing investment in scientific research and process improvement, and its products' international influence has increased year by year.
Customs statistics show that in the first eight months of 2023, my country's exports maintained growth. Among them, exports of mechanical and electrical products were 8.97 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%, accounting for 58% of my country's total export value during the same period; automobiles and spare parts, ships, electrical appliances Equipment exports increased by 50.1%, 28%, and 18.6% respectively.
Walking into the intelligent production workshop of Jiangsu Kunshan Sany Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd., batches of "armored warriors" and "mechanical mantises" walked off the intelligent assembly line, and then these batches of heavy machinery will travel across the ocean to Africa. With the rapid increase in the purchase of construction machinery and mining equipment by African mines, China's "big man" has steadily entered Africa.
Due to the high temperature, high humidity and harsh natural conditions in African mining areas all year round, the requirements for mechanical equipment operations are very high. Under the guarantee of full-process customs services, the company's products have successfully completed localization adaptation for special African scenarios, winning the African market with its excellent strength and good reputation. According to statistics from Nanjing Customs, in the first eight months of 2023, Jiangsu Province’s import and export volume to Africa exceeded 100.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of approximately 4.8%, setting a record high for the same period in history.
