Henan's Imports and Exports Up 15.2% in Past 2 Months

Henan's Imports and Exports Up 15.2% in Past 2 Months

今年前2个月 河南省外贸进出口增长15.2%

News from Zhengzhou Customs on March 9 -- From January to February, Henan's import and export value saw a year-on-year increase of 154.1 billion yuan, ranking 8th in China and 1st in Central China.

3月9日，郑州海关发布数据显示，今年前2个月，全省外贸进出口总值达1541亿元，比去年同期（下同）增长15.2%，规模居全国第8位，跃居中西部第1位。

Specifically, Henan's export value increased 30.2 percent to 102.62 billion yuan, while import value declined 6.2 percent to 51.48 billion yuan, resulting in a trade surplus of 51.14 billion yuan with a surge of 113.6 percent.

具体来说，前2个月全省出口1026.2亿元，增长30.2%；进口514.8亿元，下降6.2%；贸易顺差511.4亿元，扩大113.6%。

Foreign-invested enterprises were contributing an increasingly larger share of Henan's foreign trade thanks to the accelerating efforts in attracting foreign business and investment. Over the past 2 months, there were 6,959 enterprises with import and export achievements across the province with a year-on-year increase of 639 or over 10 percent. Specifically, the import and export value of foreign-invested enterprises rose 30.6 percent to 81.97 billion yuan, accounting for 53.2 percent of the provincial total, 6.3 percentage points higher over the same period of last year. Private enterprises registered 57.74 billion yuan in import and export value with a year-on-year decrease of 2.8 percent, accounting for 37.5 percent of the provincial total.

得益于全省招商引资力度的加大，外商投资企业对外贸的拉动力持续增强。前2个月，全省有进出口实绩的外贸企业数量达6959家，同比增加639家，增长超一成。其中，外商投资企业进出口819.7亿元，增长30.6%，占全省外贸总值的53.2%，占比提升6.3个百分点。此外，民营企业进出口577.4亿元，下降2.8%，占37.5%。

Henan's foreign trade market kept expanding with the effective implementation of RCEP and the advancement of the Belt and Road Initiative. The US, the ASEAN, the EU, South Korea and Japan remained top 5 of Henan's trade partners over the past 2 months. Henan’s foreign trade with the RCEP member countries expanded 32.7 percent year-on-year to 48.27 billion yuan, accounting for 31.3 percent of the provincial total. Among them, the foreign trade with South Korea and Japan saw an obvious growth, each increasing 37.4 percent and 140 percent over the previous year. Besides, the trade with countries along the Belt and Road reported a year-on-year growth of 18.8 percent to 41.69 billion yuan.

随着RCEP的深入实施及我省融入共建“一带一路”能力的提升，全省外贸市场持续拓展。前2个月，美国、东盟、欧盟、韩国、日本为我省前五大贸易伙伴。全省对RCEP成员国进出口482.7亿元，增长32.7%，占比为31.3%，其中与韩国、日本的贸易增长分别达37.4%和1.4倍，增速明显。与“一带一路”沿线国家进出口416.9亿元，增长18.8%。（中文来源/河南日报 记者/孙静 编译/何蒙贺 审校/陈行洁）