Guangdong’s foreign trade has been the first in the country for 34 consecutive years. Last year, the import and export of 7.14 trillion yuan accounted for more than half of the private enterprises for
According to data released by Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs on the 19th, in 2019, Guangdong’s foreign trade import and export was 7.14 trillion yuan, which remained stable at the 7 trillion yuan mark after hitting a record high in 2018, ranking first in the country for 34 consecutive years.
More important than the total amount, the high-quality development trend of foreign trade is obvious:
—— Since private enterprises became the largest subject of foreign trade for the first time in 2017, import and export accounted for more than half of the province’s total for the first time in 2019, with strong vitality and resilience.
-Cross-border e-commerce grew by 45.8%, ranking first in the country, accounting for nearly 60% of the country’s total, of which export value accounted for nearly 80% of the country’s total, and new kinetic energy accelerated.
-The proportion of general trade increased to 49%, the export of integrated circuits increased by 51%, the scale of market procurement and export was the second in China, and the quality of trade continued to improve.
—— The European Union replaced the United States as Guangdong’s third largest trading partner, and its import and export of the Belt and Road increased by 6.3%, making the international market increasingly diversified; Imported consumer goods increased by 19.9%, imported medicines increased by 30.6%, and the domestic market demand was strong.
—— The import and export of Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone was 341.08 billion yuan, an increase of 27.8%. The dividends of various reforms in cross-border trade gradually emerged, and the role of "experimental field" was further enhanced.
The change of subject
The import and export of private enterprises increased by 5.6%
"The balance car we produce takes the middle and high-end route and has been growing continuously in the last three years." Lin Yang, assistant to the general manager of Shenzhen Troika Technology Industry Co., Ltd., said that the company’s annual export value is about 400 million yuan. After the newly developed foldable riding balance car this year, it is estimated that it can export tens of thousands of vehicles, each of which costs more than 200 US dollars.
Private enterprises are more dynamic, and the share of foreign trade is over half for the first time. According to the data of Guangdong Branch of Customs, in 2019, there were 69,900 private enterprises with import and export performance in Guangdong, an increase of 7,000 compared with 2018; The import and export value was 3.7 trillion yuan, up 5.6%, and its proportion in the total foreign trade value increased by 2.9 percentage points to 51.8% compared with the previous year, accounting for more than half of the total for the first time.
In addition, the import and export value of Guangdong state-owned enterprises was 418.99 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3%.
Driven by private enterprises, Guangdong’s foreign trade scale, after hitting a record high of 7.16 trillion yuan in 2018, continued to stabilize at the 7 trillion yuan mark in 2019, ranking first in the country for 34 consecutive years. This scale is 2.8 trillion yuan, 3.7 trillion yuan, 4.1 trillion yuan and 4.3 trillion yuan ahead of Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Beijing and other major foreign trade provinces in China.
Among them, Guangdong’s total annual export value was 4.34 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.6%; The total import value was 2.8 trillion yuan, down 2.9%.
Change of kinetic energy
The total value of cross-border e-commerce ranks first in the country.
In 2019, Guangdong imported and exported 110.79 billion yuan through the cross-border e-commerce management platform, with a growth rate of 45.8%, ranking first in the country, accounting for nearly 60% of the country’s total. Among them, the total value of cross-border e-commerce exports accounts for nearly 80% of the country.
Take the most typical city of Guangzhou as an example. According to the statistics of Guangzhou Customs, in 2019, the total import and export value of cross-border e-commerce in Guangzhou was 38.59 billion yuan, ranking second among cities in China, with an increase of 56.4%. Among them, the total import value was 25.32 billion yuan, an increase of 27.9%; Exports reached 13.27 billion yuan, up by 171.7%.
At present, Guangzhou is gradually moving from a cross-border e-commerce industrial cluster to a hub base. The whole modes of online shopping bonded import, direct purchase import, general export and special supervision area export have all landed, and the channels of "air, sea, land and mail" have been fully launched.
According to the "New Thinking and New Trends" Guangzhou Cross-border E-commerce New Business Summit held recently, the total import value of cross-border e-commerce in Guangzhou ranked first among cities in China for six consecutive years. At present, Guangzhou not only gathers well-known e-commerce enterprises such as Vipshop, Suning.cn South China Center, but also e-commerce giants such as Ali and JD.COM.
The Guangzhou Municipal Department of Commerce revealed at the summit that in 2019, the city launched a number of cross-border e-commerce innovation "playing methods", such as taking the lead in launching a global commodity traceability system for cross-border e-commerce, taking the lead in switching the national cross-border e-commerce import and export unified version system, and taking the lead in opening the "micro-police authentication" consumer identity information verification function, forming a cross-border e-commerce Guangzhou model.
The summit, hosted by Guangzhou Cross-border E-commerce Industry Association, is an important activity of the 2020 Guangzhou Social Organization Exchange Conference. At present, Guangzhou Cross-border E-commerce Industry Association has more than 300 member enterprises, including vipshop, JD.COM, Tmall, Suning.cn and other industry leaders, as well as representative enterprises of onion group, E-Ticket Union and Export Easy. Lin Songquan, president of the association and chairman of Tiansheng Group, said that in 2020, the association will join hands with more than 300 enterprises to strengthen their internal quality and external image, and implement the construction of party organizations. At the same time, we will develop new business models, tap the common needs of the industry, build stronger brands for associations and members, and strengthen and promote exchanges. Let’s work together to help Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area enterprises cooperate and enter the "Belt and Road" for development.
What is even more exciting is that at the end of 2019, Shantou and Foshan were approved to set up cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones, and the number of cities in Guangdong that set up cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones increased to six. On January 18th this year, Shantou and Foshan were selected as pilot cities for cross-border e-commerce retail import. More "wide goods" go online and "go out to sea", and the new kinetic energy of foreign trade will further generate.
Changes in quality
The proportion of general trade increased to 49%
What do you think of the high-quality development of Guangdong trade?
-accelerating the optimization of foreign trade structure. In 2019, Guangdong’s general trade import and export was 3.5 trillion yuan, up 4.1%, accounting for 49% of the total foreign trade value, up 2 percentage points from 2018. At the same time, bonded logistics was 1.03 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.6%.
-export products have higher technical content and added value. The export of mechanical and electrical products in Guangdong increased by 0.7%, accounting for 68% of foreign trade exports. Among them, integrated circuits increased by 51%, medical instruments and instruments increased by 16.3%, metal processing machine tools increased by 12.4%, and the export of semiconductor devices increased by 8.5%. In addition, Guangdong exported 1,699 used cars, ranking first in the country.
-The regional trade pattern is more coordinated. The import and export of 9 cities in the Pearl River Delta reached 6.8 trillion yuan, which remained basically stable. The total import and export of eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong and northern Guangdong was 320.22 billion yuan, up by 2.1%, 14.3% and 4.6% respectively, both higher than the overall growth rate of foreign trade in the province.
The accelerated development of new formats is also a microcosm of the improvement of Guangdong’s foreign trade quality.
In Foshan, market procurement trade has effectively solved the "pain point" of foreign trade SMEs. "In the past, the’ single small miscellaneous goods’ goods purchased in the professional market could not be declared for export in accordance with general trade compliance, but after becoming a market procurement pilot, small and medium-sized merchants can now participate in foreign trade business." He Tianwen, general manager of Guangdong Shunde Native Products Import and Export Co., Ltd. said.
According to the statistics of Guangzhou Customs, in 2019, in the first year of the pilot operation of Foshan Shunde market procurement trade mode, there were 214 participating enterprises, 2,152 merchants were registered, 3.546 million tons of goods were exported, and the trade volume was 78.5 billion yuan.
Market procurement pilot has become one of the new growth points of Guangdong’s foreign trade export. In 2019, the province’s market procurement and export reached 239.34 billion yuan, ranking second in the country.
Market changes
The European Union replaced the United States as the third largest trading partner.
"Since 2019, our company’s wooden door exports to the EU have maintained a good growth trend. The main exporting countries are Ireland and the United Kingdom, with a year-on-year increase of about 20%." Wang Song, manager of Zhanjiang Senle Wood Industry Co., Ltd. said that it is expected that the export value to the EU will continue to grow this year.
In 2019, the European Union replaced the United States as Guangdong’s third largest trading partner, and the province’s import and export to the EU was 888.36 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1%.
In the view of Wei Jianguo, former vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce and vice chairman of China International Economic Exchange Center, the sorting translocation shows that Guangdong’s economic resilience is increasing, and "enterprises have made psychological and practical preparations for implementing market diversification".
Over the past year, Guangdong has actively responded to challenges, and the international market structure is quietly changing. Hong Kong, China and ASEAN continue to be Guangdong’s first and second largest trading partners, with the total import and export value of our province being 1.1 trillion yuan and 1.02 trillion yuan respectively, of which the import and export to ASEAN increased by 6.9%. In addition, the import and export of countries along the "Belt and Road" was 1.71 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.3%, and the number of trains shipped by China and Europe increased by 48.7%; Imports and exports to Latin America increased by 8.8%, and emerging markets flourished.
Li Kaiyi, director of the Research and Statistics Office of Guangdong Branch of Customs, analyzed that the development of emerging markets has been continuously strengthened, which has dispersed the risk of single market fluctuation and effectively hedged the impact of trade friction.
Over the past year, Guangdong has accelerated the tapping of domestic demand, and the domestic market has ushered in a "small outbreak". In 2019, Guangdong imported 219.62 billion yuan of consumer goods, an increase of 19.9%; Among them, fruits, cosmetics and aquatic products increased by 32.8%, 36.5% and 46.1%. In addition, imported medicines totaled 23.78 billion yuan, an increase of 30.6%.
Engine change
The import and export of Guangdong Free Trade Zone increased by 27.8%
At present, Shenzhen Customs has promoted the construction of "International Shipping Transfer, Distribution and Assembling Center", which distributes, assembles and transshippes imported goods, transit goods and export goods in the supervised warehouse of Qianwan Bonded Port Area, and builds the MCC Qianhai model.
Zhu Ye, deputy general manager of China Merchants Bonded Logistics Co., Ltd. believes that this has greatly enhanced the comprehensive service capacity of Shekou Port Area, which not only attracts the incremental supply of goods in ASEAN and other regions, but also saves the logistics cost of maritime transshipment and export for enterprises.
In the past year, Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone and ports made new progress in reform and innovation, and the degree of cross-border trade facilitation was significantly improved. According to the data of the Provincial Department of Commerce, in the first November of 2019, the overall customs clearance time for import and export in our province was 18.79 hours and 2.71 hours, which were 56.26% and 77.11% lower than that in 2017, respectively.
From the perspective of the whole year of 2019, the leading role of the Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone continues to increase. According to the data of Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, the total import and export of the three free trade zones was 341.08 billion yuan, an increase of 27.8%.
"In the next five years, I am more optimistic that Guangdong will take the lead in achieving high-quality trade development results, and the free trade zone is an important breakthrough." In Wei Jianguo’s view, Guangdong has the most complete manufacturing system and industrial chain in the whole country and even the whole world, which is an unrepeatable advantage formed by history, and Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone can easily realize the deep integration of "high-end manufacturing+modern services".