According to China Customs statistics, in 2013, China's total import and export value was 25.83 trillion yuan (equivalent to 4.16 trillion U.S. dollars), an increase of 7.6% year-on-year after deducting exchange rate factors, an increase of 1.4 percentage points over 2012. Breaking through the $4 trillion mark for the first time.

Among them, foreign trade exports were 13.72 trillion yuan (equivalent to 2.21 trillion U.S. dollars), an increase of 7.9%; imports were 12.11 trillion yuan (equivalent to 1.95 trillion U.S. dollars), an increase of 7.3%; foreign trade surplus was 1.61 trillion yuan (equivalent to 259.75 billion U.S. dollars) ), expanding by 12.8%.

In 2013, the scale of my country's import and export of goods increased quarter by quarter, and the year-on-year growth rate of imports and exports bottomed out in the second quarter, showing a rebound trend in the second half of the year. From the first quarter to the fourth quarter, the import and export value of my country's foreign trade was 975.38 billion, 1.02 trillion, 1.06 trillion and 1.1 trillion US dollars respectively, with year-on-year growth rates of 13.5%, 4.3%, 6% and 7.3% respectively.

In 2013, the main data and situation of my country's foreign trade import and export are as follows:

1. Trading partners are becoming more diversified: Europe, America and Japan have seen their traditional market shares decline, and emerging markets such as ASEAN have become new growth points. In 2013, the European Union, the United States, ASEAN, Hong Kong and Japan were China's top five trading partners. Among them, China's bilateral trade volume with the EU and the United States was 559.06 billion US dollars and 521 billion US dollars, an increase of 2.1% and 7.5% respectively; the bilateral trade volume with Japan was 312.55 billion US dollars, a decrease of 5.1%; Europe, the United States and Japan accounted for 33.5% of China's foreign trade. %, a year-on-year decrease of 1.7 percentage points. During the same period, the bilateral trade volume between my country and emerging market countries such as ASEAN, South Africa, and five Central Asian countries was 443.61 billion, 65.15 billion, and 50.28 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 10.9%, 8.6%, and 9.4% respectively. In addition, the bilateral trade volume between the Mainland and Hong Kong, China was US$401.01 billion, an increase of 17.5%.

2. The distribution of trade regions is more coordinated: the proportion of foreign trade in 7 provinces and cities including Guangdong and Jiangsu has declined, and trade in the central and western regions has been active. In 2013, the total import and export value of 7 provinces and cities including Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Beijing, Zhejiang, Shandong and Fujian reached 3.29 trillion US dollars, accounting for 79% of the country's total import and export value, a drop of 0.9 percentage points from the previous year. In the central and western regions, Chongqing, Henan, Anhui, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Guizhou and other seven provinces and cities have foreign trade growth rates of more than 15%, and the total import and export accounted for 5.7% of the total import value, an increase of 0.6 compared with the previous year. percentage point.

3. The main structure of foreign trade is more reasonable: the proportion of private enterprises has increased, and the dependence on foreign-funded enterprises has been reduced. In 2013, the import and export of private enterprises was 1.39 trillion US dollars, an increase of 20.6%, 13 percentage points faster than the overall growth rate of my country's foreign trade in the same period, accounting for 33.3% of the total import and export value, an increase of 3.6 percentage points. During the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was 1.92 trillion US dollars, an increase of 1.3%, accounting for 46.1%, a decrease of 2.9 percentage points. In addition, the import and export of state-owned enterprises was 747.97 billion US dollars, down 0.6%, accounting for 18%, down 1.5 percentage points.

4. The structure of import and export commodities was further optimized: the export of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products grew steadily, and the import of consumer goods and some resource products increased rapidly. In 2013, my country's mechanical and electrical products exported 1.27 trillion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%, accounting for 57.3% of the total export value. During the same period, the exports of seven labor-intensive products, including textiles, clothing, luggage, footwear, toys, furniture, and plastic (10965, -140.00, -1.26%) products, were US$461.84 billion, an increase of 10.3%, accounting for the proportion of the total export value was 20.9%. In terms of imports, in 2013, my country imported 232.29 billion US dollars of consumer goods, an increase of 24.6%; 280 million tons of crude oil, an increase of 4%; 820 million tons of iron ore, an increase of 10.2%; 330 million tons of coal, an increase of 13.4%.

5. The independent development capability of foreign trade has been continuously enhanced, the proportion of general trade has increased, and the proportion of processing trade has decreased. In 2013, my country’s import and export of general trade with long industrial chain and high value-added rate was 2.2 trillion U.S. dollars, an increase of 9.3%, accounting for 52.8% of my country’s total import and export value in the same period, an increase of 0.8 percentage points; processing trade import and export was 1.36 trillion U.S. dollars , an increase of 1%, accounting for 32.6%, the proportion fell by 2.2 percentage points. During the same period, the import and export of goods in my country's special supervision areas was 495.78 billion US dollars, an increase of 20.2%, accounting for 11.9%.