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Lianyungang City Tops Provincial Foreign Trade Growth in the First Half of the Year

From: Lianyungang Daily Updated: 2024-07-24 08:52

According to Lianyungang Customs, the city's foreign trade import and export reached 86.28 billion yuan in the first half of the year, with a year-on-year increase of 68.7%. Among them, exports were 18.98 billion yuan, up 13.4%, and imports were 67.3 billion yuan, up 95.6%. The import and export growth rate ranked first in the province, which was 60.2 percentage points higher than the provincial average, demonstrating strong resilience and vitality.

Exports of electromechanical products and basic organic chemicals have grown rapidly. In the production workshops of Lianyungang Runian Industrial Co., Ltd. located in Xinpu Industrial Park, various production lines such as sheet metal, spraying and assembly are operating at high speed. The sparks from welding, the roar of machinery, and the busy figures of workers sketch a vivid scene of the company seizing every minute and second to ramp up production. As a national-level specialized, sophisticated, special and innovative "Little Giant" enterprise, Runian Machinery focuses on high-end textile finishing equipment, with its six major series of products covering more than 30 countries and regions worldwide, including singeing, raising, brushing, shearing, granulating and setting machines. "Our output value exceeded 300 million yuan in the first half of the year, and the number of exported equipment exceeded one thousand units." introduced Wang, the business manager of the company's foreign trade department. To maintain the competitiveness of its products in the market, the company invests nearly 100 million yuan in research and development each year. Among them, technological improvements in equipment such as laser cutting machines, grinding machines, and turret punch presses have increased production efficiency by more than 35%, attracting significant market attention. Through continuous transformation and upgrading, the competitiveness of electromechanical products in our city has become more prominent. Data shows that in the first half of the year, the export of electromechanical products in our city reached 4.89 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 11.3%, accounting for 25.8% of the total export value.

General trade imports and exports have experienced rapid growth. Yesterday, the warehouse of Lianyungang Forest Breathing Food Co., Ltd. was bustling with activity as nearly 100 tons of candy canes were being packaged and loaded into containers, ready to be shipped to London in the UK, New York in the US, and Sydney in Australia. "We have over 200 types of candies, and our products are exported to Europe, America, the Middle East, Africa, and other regions, deeply loved by foreign consumers." introduced Sun, the relevant person in charge of the company. The continuous inflow of candy orders is not only due to the company's continuous efforts in expanding the market and securing orders but also inseparable from the precise assistance provided by the customs, which ensures the stability of the company's product quality. It is known that Lianyungang Customs actively assists export enterprises in establishing food safety and hygiene control systems, strengthens supervision over multiple aspects such as the use of raw and auxiliary materials, production and processing, and label review, guides enterprises to continuously improve internal quality, safety and hygiene management, and effectively ensures the hygiene and quality safety of exported candies. In the first half of the year, the import and export volume of general trade in our city reached 71.89 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 97.1%, which was 28.4 percentage points faster than the overall growth rate and accounted for 83.3% of the total import and export value.

Nowadays, the international market and Lianyungang are more eagerly connected, bringing more development opportunities for the foreign trade of enterprises. In the first half of the year, our city actively organized enterprises to participate in the Canton Fair, the East China Fair and key overseas exhibitions, and provided financial support for enterprises to participate in overseas exhibitions and key business activities, helping enterprises explore the international market. In the first half of the year, the import and export volume of our city with countries participating in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" reached 61.56 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 114.6%, setting a new high for the same period in history and accounting for 71.3% of the total import and export value; the import and export volume with other RCEP member countries was 14.03 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 7.6%.