According to Quanzhou customs statistics, in 2018, the total value of foreign trade and import and export of Quanzhou was 185 billion 370 million yuan (RMB), which was 18.2% higher than that of the same period last year (the same below), accounting for 15% of the total import and export value of Fujian in the same period. The scale of imports and exports ranked third after Xiamen and Fuzhou, of which 119 billion 260 million yuan was exported, 14% increased, 66 billion 110 million yuan was imported, 26.7% increased, and the foreign trade surplus was 53 billion 150 million yuan.

According to analysis, in 2018, Quanzhou's foreign trade import and export increased strongly to its main trading partners.

Among them, exports to ASEAN were 27 billion 580 million yuan, an increase of 29.7%, the EU 20 billion 640 million yuan, an increase of 6.3%, the United States 18 billion 950 million yuan, an increase of 22.9%, and three of the total accounted for 56.3% of the total export value of Quanzhou in the same period.

Imports from Saudi Arabia imported 28 billion 220 million yuan, an increase of 21.1%. South Africa, the European Union, the United States, Taiwan, Japan, ASEAN and other major import markets also showed rapid growth.

According to the main commodities, in 2018, Quanzhou exported seven categories of traditional labor intensive products, such as textiles, clothing, furniture, bags, footwear, plastic products and toys, to 78 billion 700 million yuan, an increase of 17.5% over the previous year, accounting for 66% of the total value of exports. The main imports were mainly crude oil, mechanical and electrical products, high-tech products, soybeans, plastic and pulp products of the primary form.