Henan's foreign trade value nears 380 billion yuan in H1

Henan's foreign trade value nears 380 billion yuan in H1

河南上半年外贸进出口总值近3800亿元

In the first half of 2023, the import and export value of Central China's Henan province reached 379.95 billion yuan, ranking 11th in China and 1st in Central China, data released by Zhengzhou Customs on July 19. Specifically, 250.58 billion yuan was contributed by exports, up 2.4 percent year-on-year, while 129.37 billion yuan by imports, resulting in a trading surplus of 121.21 billion yuan, an increase of 26.4 percent. In June alone, Henan's foreign trade value saw a month-on-month increase of 5 percent to 59.58 billion yuan.

7月19日，郑州海关发布数据显示，今年上半年，河南外贸进出口总值3799.5亿元。其中，出口2505.8亿元，比去年同期（下同）增长2.4%；进口1293.7亿元；贸易顺差1212.1亿元，扩大26.4%。6月单月进出口595.8亿元，环比5月增长5%。上半年外贸进出口总值位居全国第11位、中部第1位。

In the first half of this year, the import and export value of general trade and bonded logistics was increased, while that of processing trade fell. Statistically, the import and export value of general trade and bonded logistics expanded 6.2 percent and 44.9 percent to 152.66 billion yuan (accounting for 40.2 percent of the provincial total, 3.6 percentage points higher than the same period of last year) and 26.02 billion yuan respectively, while that of processing trade fell 6.4 percentage points to 197.68 billion yuan, accounting for 52 percent of the provincial total.

从贸易方式看，一般贸易、保税物流占比增长，加工贸易下降。上半年，全省以一般贸易方式进出口1526.6亿元，增长6.2%，占同期河南外贸进出口总值的（下同）40.2%，占比增加3.6个百分点；以保税物流方式进出口260.2亿元，增长44.9%；以加工贸易方式进出口1976.8亿元，占52%，占比减少6.4个百分点。

It is worth noting that Henan's trade with the RCEP member countries and the countries along the Belt and Road maintained continuous growth. Over the past six months, the province's trade with the US, the ASEAN, the EU and South Korea reached 71.99 billion yuan, 52.34 billion yuan, 42.54 billion yuan and 34.17 billion yuan respectively. Besides, its trade with the RCEP member countries totaled 116.09 billion yuan with an increase of 4.1 percent, while with the countries along the Belt and Road jumped 11.4 percent to 116.05 billion yuan.

值得一提的是，全省对RCEP成员国和“一带一路”沿线国家进出口保持增长。上半年，美国、东盟、欧盟、韩国与河南的进出口值分别为719.9亿元、523.4亿元、425.4亿元和341.7亿元。同期，河南对RCEP成员国进出口1160.9亿元，增长4.1%；与“一带一路”沿线国家进出口1160.5亿元，增长11.4%。（中文来源/河南日报 记者/孙静 耿晓帆 编译/赵汉青 杨佳欣 审校/焦丹）