In August, Xinjiang's foreign trade import and export growth rate ranked second in the country
On September 7, Shihezi customs officers inspected the export commodities of a company in Kuitun City. Correspondent Shao Zhenzong photo Tianshan Net News (Reporter Chen Qiangwei reported) The reporter learned from Urumqi Customs: In August, Xinjiang's foreign trade import and export totaled 30.1 billion yuan, an increase of 119.3% year-on-year, 110.7 percentage points higher than the national growth rate, and the growth rate ranked among the national second. Among them, the export value was 25.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 122.2%; the import value was 4.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 102.7%. Since the beginning of this year, Xinjiang has fully implemented the important requirements of preventing the epidemic, stabilizing the economy, and developing security, efficiently coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, coordinating development and security, and giving full play to the advantages of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. The construction of "one port, two districts, five centers, and port economic belt", innovative and open economic system, and strong momentum of foreign trade import and export. In the first eight months of this year, the total value of Xinjiang's foreign trade import and export was 145.58 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 49.6%, 39.5 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate over the same period, and the growth rate ranked third in the country. In the first eight months, Xinjiang's export value was 120.94 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 58.2%, 44 percentage points higher than the national growth rate; the import value was 24.64 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18%, 12.8 percentage points higher than the national growth rate. In August, when an epidemic occurred in Xinjiang, Urumqi Customs quickly launched a plan to ensure customs clearance during the epidemic, and kept abreast of the port epidemic prevention and control and customs clearance in real time. Through "Internet +" online consultation, paperless customs clearance, non-contact inspection, and remote video supervision Form, vigorously promote the filing of export food production enterprises, multi-certificate integration and other business online processing, to ensure the "zero delay" of enterprises' customs clearance needs. The smooth customs clearance not only ensures the smooth import and export business of foreign trade enterprises in Xinjiang, but also ensures the normal operation of the country's westward logistics channel. In August alone, Xinjiang’s international logistics and transportation achieved a number of breakthroughs: on August 21, the country’s first Asia-Europe land-sea trade channel (Nagoya-Tianjin-Xi’an-Almaty) Japan and South Korea transit vehicle sea-rail combined transport (cage). Train) trains departed from the Horgos Railway Port, and a new international logistics channel was opened; on August 20, Xinjiang’s first new land-sea new channel sea-rail combined transport Central Asia train departed from Urumqi International Land Port Area. The goods are also the first entrepot trade goods in Xinjiang; on August 10, Xinjiang's first China-Europe freight train bound for Yekaterinburg, Russia departed from Urumqi Comprehensive Bonded Zone... According to the statistics of the railway department, in the first eight months, Alashankou, Khorgos The number of China-Europe (Central Asia) trains passing through railway ports reached 8,701, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%, and continued to set a new traffic record. Xinjiang gives full play to the characteristics of strong economic complementarity and great potential for foreign trade cooperation with countries along the “Belt and Road” and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) member countries, and continuously expands its cooperation with 157 countries and regions along the “Belt and Road”. Practical cooperation. On August 26, 20 tons of Kazakh barley entered the country through the green channel for quick customs clearance of agricultural and sideline products from the Baktu port. This is the first time that the Baktu port has imported barley. After passing the inspection and quarantine, it was transported to the designated grain processing plant for processing into feed and sold.