According to customs statistics, in the first half of this year, the total value of foreign trade import and export in Hebei Province was 272.35 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9% year-on-year (the same below), and the growth rate was 2.8 percentage points higher than that of the whole country. Among them, the export was 166.2 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8%, and the growth rate was 4.1 percentage points higher than the national rate; the import was 106.15 billion yuan, an increase of 0.7%, and the growth rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the national rate. It mainly presents the following trade characteristics:
1. foreign trade operators maintained growth.
In the first half of the year, there were 14,600 foreign trade enterprises with import and export performance in Hebei Province, an increase of 7%. Among them, there were 13,800 private enterprises, an increase of 7.5%, and imports and exports were 173.19 billion yuan, an increase of 2.9%, accounting for 63.6% of the total value of imports and exports. There were 171 state-owned enterprises, an increase of 2.4%, and import and export reached 50.47 billion yuan, an increase of 0.7%. In addition, as of the first half of the year, there are 111 advanced certified enterprises in Hebei Province (fixdex&goodfix is one of the advanced certified enterprises in Hebei Province), with import and export of 57.51 billion yuan, accounting for 21.1% of the total import and export value.
Second, import and export to Australia ranks first among trading partners. The import and export to Australia was 37.7 billion yuan, an increase of 1.2%. The import and export to the United States was 30.62 billion yuan, an increase of 9.9%. The import and export to ASEAN was 30.48 billion yuan, down 6%. The import and export to the EU was 29.55 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9%, of which the import and export to Germany was 6.96 billion yuan, an increase of 20.4%. The import and export to Brazil was 18.76 billion yuan, down 8.3%. The import and export to South Korea was 10.8 billion yuan, an increase of 1.5%. In addition, the import and export to countries along the “Belt and Road” was 97.26 billion yuan, an increase of 9.1%, accounting for 35.7% of the province’s total import and export value, an increase of 1.4 percentage points over the same period last year.
Third, the export of mechanical and electrical products including fasteners (such as the production of wedge anchor, threaded rods, hex bolts and hex nuts, etc.), machines, and labor-intensive products has maintained growth. The export of electromechanical products was 75.99 billion yuan, an increase of 32.1%, accounting for 45.7% of the total export value, of which the export of automobiles was 16.29 billion yuan, an increase of 1.5 times, and the export of auto parts was 10.78 billion yuan, an increase of 27.1%. The export of labor-intensive products was 29.67 billion yuan, an increase of 13.3%, of which the export of textile and clothing was 16.37 billion yuan, an increase of 0.3%, the export of furniture and its parts was 4.55 billion yuan, an increase of 26.7%, and the export of luggage and similar containers was 2.37 billion yuan, an increase of 1.1 times . The export of steel products (including carbon steel and stainless steel) was 13.7 billion yuan, a decrease of 27.3%. The export of high-tech products was 11.12 billion yuan, down 19.2%. The export of agricultural products was 7.41 billion yuan, an increase of 9%.
Fourth, the volume of imports of bulk commodities achieved growth. The import of iron ore and its concentrate was 51.288 million tons, an increase of 1.4%. The import of coal and lignite was 4.446 million tons, an increase of 48.9%. Soybean imports were 3.345 million tons, an increase of 6.8%. The import of natural gas was 2.664 million tons, an increase of 19.9%. Crude oil imports were 887,000 tons, an increase of 7.4%.
The import of agricultural products was 21.22 billion yuan, an increase of 2.6%. The import of electromechanical products was 6.73 billion yuan, down 6.3%. The import of high-tech products was 2.8 billion yuan, down 7.9%.
2. Optimizing the port business environment in the first half of the year
(1) Comprehensively deepen the reform of customs clearance facilitation to “guarantee smooth flow”.
The first is to consolidate and compress the overall customs clearance timeliness results. In order to better promote the development of customs clearance facilitation, Shijiazhuang Customs compiled an index system for improving customs clearance facilitation level for the first time. The indicators are divided into 3 categories and 14 indicators, basically covering the whole process from cargo declaration to release. In the first half of the year, various indicators were running well. The import declaration rate in advance was 64.2%, and the two-step declaration rate was 16.7%, which was higher than that of the whole country. , 94.9%, all better than the national average.
The second is to further promote the reform of customs clearance mode. Promoted the “direct loading and direct delivery” business model. In the first half of the year, 653 TEUs of “shipside direct delivery” containers were imported and 2,845 TEUs of “arrival direct loading” containers were exported, which effectively reduced the time and cost of customs clearance of goods, and the enthusiasm and satisfaction of enterprises were stable. promote. Guarantee the operation of the China-Europe Railway Express and support the “multi-point collection and centralized delivery” of the train. In the first half of the year, the China-Europe Railway Express operator in the Shijiazhuang Customs District organized 326 inbound and outbound trains, carrying 33,000 TEUs, and carried out the outbound “Railway Express” Pass” business 3488 votes. Promote the same ship transportation of domestic and foreign trade goods. In the first half of the year, 41 ships were carried out, carrying 1,900 TEUs of foreign trade goods.
The third is to ensure the stability of the logistics chain supply chain. The implementation of the “release first and then inspection” of some bulk resource commodities, the quality of imported iron ore, copper concentrate, and the weight appraisal of imported bulk commodities shall be implemented in accordance with the application mode of enterprises. In the first half of the year, the quality of imported iron ore was inspected in accordance with the application of enterprises for 12.27 batches, 92.574 million tons, saving 84.2 million yuan in costs for the company; 88 batches of imported crude oil were “released before inspection”, 7.324 million tons, saving 9.37 million yuan in costs for the company; The weight appraisal found 655 batches of short-weight, with a short-weight of 111,700 tons, which helped the company recover losses of about 86.45 million yuan.
The first is to promote the construction of smart customs to achieve results. Strengthen the coordinated promotion of smart customs construction in terms of business operation and technological support, and steadily promote the development of smart projects in combination with Hebei’s industrial characteristics, such as the development and construction of “smart supervision system for live cattle feedlots supplied to Hong Kong and Macao” and “inspection and quarantine ‘instructions + guidelines’ supervision operations Auxiliary System”, etc.
The second is to successfully build the “Shijiazhuang Customs Huiqitong Smart Platform”. In order to continuously optimize services for enterprises and deepen the construction of a “single window” for international trade, the joint provincial port office developed the “Shijiazhuang Customs Huiqitong Smart Platform”, which was officially launched on June 1.
The third is to actively explore the construction of smart travel inspection. Instruct Hebei Airport Group to complete the transformation of the travel inspection operation site in the T1 terminal, realize the three-in-one non-inductive customs clearance of entry health declaration, body temperature monitoring, and gate release, improve the whole chain supervision of “discovery, interception, and disposal”, and shorten the time of passenger clearance and quarantine by three points of two.
The first is to support the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the high-standard and high-quality construction of the Xiongan New Area. Guide the local government to increase investment promotion efforts, and introduce high-quality projects that meet the functional positioning of the Xiongan New Area into the area. 22 companies have signed contracts and registered in the area, and 28 companies are under negotiation. Promote the declaration and construction of Xiongan Comprehensive Bonded Zone, and guide the preparatory work for acceptance. On June 25, the State Council approved the establishment of Xiongan Comprehensive Bonded Zone.
The second is to help improve the quality and efficiency of port development. Strengthen the construction of port supervision and operation sites, improve inspection and supervision facilities, and help Huanghua Port’s ore terminal, Taidi terminal, steel logistics terminal, a total of 6 berths and Caofeidian Xintian LNG terminal to be officially opened to the outside world. Assist in the development and operation of sea and air routes, fully guarantee the container routes from Jingtang Port to Southeast Asia, Huanghua Port to Japan, and Huanghua Port to the Russian Far East; support the opening of 5 international routes from Shijiazhuang to Ostrava, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Osaka and Liege Cargo routes; support the opening of 5 passenger routes in Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea.
The third is to promote the healthy development of new formats. Promote the Tangshan International Commercial and Trade Center’s market procurement pilot to pass the acceptance test, and actively implement a series of measures to simplify and optimize market procurement. Support the construction of Tangshan cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone, realize the “offline drainage + online shopping” business model, and set up the first cross-border product display store in the customs area in downtown Tangshan. Initiated the paperless filing of cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouses, and completed the filing of overseas warehouses of 16 enterprises in the first half of the year.
The third is to promote the healthy development of new formats. Promote the Tangshan International Commercial and Trade Center’s market procurement pilot to pass the acceptance test, and actively implement a series of measures to simplify and optimize market procurement. Support the construction of Tangshan cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone, realize the “offline drainage + online shopping” business model, and set up the first cross-border product display store in the customs area in downtown Tangshan. Initiated the paperless filing of cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouses, and completed the filing of overseas warehouses of 16 enterprises in the first half of the year.
3. Shijiazhuang Customs issued 28 detailed measures to optimize the business environment to promote the stable scale and optimal structure of foreign trade
3. Shijiazhuang Customs issued and optimized Shijiazhuang Customs followed the General Administration of Customs’ 16 measures to optimize the business environment, combined with Hebei’s actual situation, and issued 28 detailed measures at the first time, focusing on “three promotions and three upgrades” to further create a first-class business environment , Promote the stable scale and optimal structure of foreign trade. 28 detailed measures for business environment to promote stable scale and optimal structure of foreign trade
In terms of promoting the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, we will further promote the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, actively connect with and serve the construction of Xiongan, and make every effort to ensure the safety and smoothness of the supply chain of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
In terms of promoting the smooth flow of import and export logistics, we will further promote the smooth flow of logistics, consolidate and reduce the overall efficiency of customs clearance, ensure the convenient customs clearance of bulk commodities such as energy and minerals, and continue to promote cross-border trade facilitation.
In terms of promoting the gradual optimization of port functions, support the development of ports, facilitate the development of domestic and foreign trade goods on the same ship, comprehensively promote the construction of smart ports, support the construction of Shijiazhuang International Shipping Hub, and support the expansion of “points” and “lines” of China-Europe trains.
In terms of improving industrial development, accelerate the import of advanced technology and equipment, support the development of the biomedical industry, promote the import and export of high-quality agricultural products, promote the reform of inspection and quarantine supervision models, serve free trade agreements to better play their effectiveness, and continue to do a good job in consulting services for technical trade measures , strengthen foreign trade situation analysis and customs statistics services.
In terms of improving the innovative development platform, promote the healthy development of cross-border e-commerce, support the creation of a high-level open platform, support the development of new forms of bonded maintenance, promote the upgrading of processing trade, and increase the protection of intellectual property rights.
In terms of improving the sense of acquisition of market players, strengthen the cultivation of advanced certification enterprises, expand the scope of application of proactive disclosure policies, continue to promote the “problem clearing” mechanism, and promote the “one-stop” administrative approval service.
In the next step, Shijiazhuang Customs adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, comprehensively studies and implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and combines the actual conditions of the customs area to implement the requirements of the memorandum of cooperation between the General Administration of Customs and the Hebei Provincial People’s Government, and strive to create A market-oriented, rule-of-law, and international first-class business environment will contribute to the construction of a strong economic province, a beautiful Hebei, and the promotion of Chinese-style modernization in Hebei.
Post time: Jul-31-2023