Hangzhou Customs recently announced the import and export data of Zhejiang in the first half of the year. In the first half of this year, Zhejiang's foreign trade import and export value and export value continued to record high. In the first half of 2010, the total value of foreign trade and import and export in Zhejiang reached 117 billion 510 million US dollars, an increase of 41.3% over the same period last year, reaching a record high of 22 billion 770 million US dollars in June alone.

It is reported that the rapid growth of exports in the first half of Zhejiang is mainly due to mechanical and electrical products. Spin Exports of clothing and other traditional commodities stabilized steadily. 1-6 months, Zhejiang province exported textiles. yarn Fabrics and products were US $11 billion 530 million, an increase of 34.9% over the same period last year, and export garments and accessories 10 billion 370 million US dollars, an increase of 15.4% over the same period last year, accounting for 26.6% of the total export value of the province.

Hangzhou customs statistics show that in bilateral trade with major trading partners, the European debt crisis and the depreciation of the euro have not yet had a significant impact on Zhejiang's exports to the EU and the euro area. In 1-6 months, Zhejiang exported 22 billion 80 million US dollars to the European Union, an increase of 36.7% over the same period last year. Among them, exports to the euro area amounted to 16 billion 740 million US dollars, up 37.7% over the same period last year, which is 1 percentage points higher than the overall export growth of the European Union.

With the implementation of FTA strategy and market diversification strategy, Zhejiang's exports to emerging markets such as ASEAN, India, Russia and Brazil have increased rapidly. From 1 to June, Zhejiang exported 5 billion 90 million US dollars, US $2 billion 510 million, US $2 billion 100 million and US $1 billion 830 million to the above market respectively.

The reporter learned that Taiwan province has now become the largest source of imported commodities in Zhejiang province. In the first half of this year, Zhejiang Province imported from Taiwan province 5 billion 300 million US dollars, an increase of 61.7% over the same period last year, which is 16.5 percentage points higher than that of the whole province.

In addition, imports of scrap metals and agricultural products increased rapidly in imports. In 1-6 months, Zhejiang imported 2 billion 740 million and 2 billion 30 million US dollars of scrap metals and agricultural products respectively, an increase of 1.6 times and 79.6% over the same period last year.

However, Hangzhou Customs Statistics experts believe that although Zhejiang's foreign trade imports and exports have a good growth momentum, data analysis shows that Zhejiang's mechanical and electrical products are especially high. new technique The proportion of product exports is still small. It is urgent to accelerate the transformation of foreign trade development mode and industrial transformation and upgrading.

In addition, in 1-6 months, the proportion of Zhejiang's high-tech exports accounted for only 7.9% of the total exports of the province, while the proportion of the national high-tech products accounted for 30.8% of the total export value, while Shanghai, Jiangsu and Guangdong reached 46.6%, 46.2% and 38% respectively.