Lianyungang City's Foreign Trade Upgrades and Shows "Resilient Strength" Again
From: Lianyungang Daily Updated: 2024-11-01 09:47
In the first three quarters, our city's foreign trade performance was impressive, with import and export totals reaching 124.47 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of 35.4%. As we enter the fourth quarter, our city's foreign trade continues to move towards "new" horizons, especially with the empowerment of new foreign trade formats such as cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouses, bringing new opportunities for local foreign trade enterprises to venture overseas.
Cross-border e-commerce is transitioning from being a new format in foreign trade to a new normal. Yesterday, in the live streaming room of Jiayun International Trade Co., Ltd. in Haizhou District, anchors were introducing the company's latest products and promotional activities to global customers in English, answering their questions in real time, and elevating the cross-border e-commerce shopping experience to a new level. Jiayun International Trade is a trading and manufacturing enterprise integrating research, development, production, sales, and services, specializing in the international trade of candies and other related products. Through cross-border e-commerce platforms, they have successfully exported candies, chocolates, and other products to Europe, America, Japan, Korea, and other regions. “The company utilizes big data to analyze market demand and optimize order requirements, covering a broader market with fewer costs. This year, the company's total exports have exceeded 40 million yuan, and cross-border e-commerce business has become the new normal for our company's development.” said the relevant person in charge.
The path of foreign trade expansion taken by Jiayun International Trade is just a microcosm of "Made in Lianyungang" going global. Taking Haizhou District as an example, this year, the district has accelerated the promotion of investment attraction and operation for new carriers such as the Haizhou Digital Technology Tower and the "Belt and Road" Digital Trade Industrial Park, supported companies like Oumaisi and Jindouyun in exploring the construction of cross-border e-commerce overseas warehouses in Vietnam and Korea, deepened the cultivation and introduction of the cross-border e-commerce industry, and attracted a total of 11 cross-border e-commerce enterprises. In the first three quarters, 44 service trade enterprises in Haizhou District completed a total of 35.5788 million USD in knowledge-intensive service imports and exports, surpassing the annual target ahead of schedule and injecting new vitality into the development of foreign trade.
The exhibition economy has emerged as a new driver for the development of foreign trade. "At the Canton Fair, we secured quite a number of orders, including many from new clients." said Liu, the person in charge of Lianyungang Jialei Electronics. Upon returning from the Canton Fair, the company has continuously received visits from potential clients, many of which have been successfully converted into customers. As a foreign trade company specializing in the research, development, and sales of household appliance components, Jialei Electronics highly values professional exhibitions and has participated in over 10 domestic and international exhibitions this year, providing the company with invaluable opportunities to understand market dynamics, customer needs, and expand its market presence.
Exhibitions serve as a crucial platform for introducing new technologies and products to the market, and they also act as a "touchstone" for companies to test their innovative and entrepreneurial achievements. "Especially professional exhibitions, which have become an important channel for many companies to secure orders." noted the relevant official from the Foreign Trade Division of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce. This year, our city has intensified support for foreign trade enterprises by implementing favorable policies, holding policy seminars, and conducting online training, all aimed at helping companies better understand and leverage various support measures, thereby boosting their development confidence. At the same time, we have organized enterprises to participate in overseas goods trade exhibitions, facilitating connections with existing clients and the exploration of new markets and clients. Data shows that in the first three quarters, there were 1,606 enterprises engaged in actual import and export business in the city. Among them, private enterprises accounted for 100.81 billion yuan in import and export value, representing a growth of 47.6% and constituting 81% of the city's total import and export value.