Today is the Spring Equinox among the 24 solar terms, and it also coincides with the “dragon raises its head” on the second day of the second lunar month.
In this day when all things are recovering and full of vitality, exciting news comes from Longkou Foreign Trade.
According to the latest statistics from Longkou Customs, in the first two months of this year, the total foreign trade import and export value of Longkou City reached 15.78 billion yuan, a significant increase of 40.3% over the same period last year. The total import and export value ranked second among the major districts and counties in Yantai City.
Walking into Longkou Port, I saw gantry cranes rising and falling non-stop, and container trucks shuttling back and forth, presenting a busy scene of “Spring River Plumbing Foreign Trade Prophet”.
Behind this dazzling report card are profound changes in the structure of Longkou’s foreign trade.
The “leader” is high: bonded logistics has become the absolute main force
The data is the best evidence.
In the first two months, Longkou City’s import and export volume through bonded logistics was 9.91 billion yuan, a year-on-year surge of 39.8 times, accounting for 62.8% of the city’s total import and export value.
This model has surpassed traditional general trade and become a powerful engine for the “rise” of Longkou’s foreign trade.
“The goods in the warehouse have just been cleared, and new orders have arrived.” The person in charge of a company engaged in bonded logistics business in Longkou could not hide his excitement on the phone.
At the same time, processing trade also showed strong recovery momentum, with imports and exports reaching 380 million yuan, an increase of 171.8%.
Private enterprises “hold the umbrella”: the “ballast stone” accounting for over 97%
In the overall market of Longkou foreign trade, private enterprises play the absolute leading role.
In the first two months, the import and export value of Longkou private enterprises reached 15.37 billion yuan, an increase of 46.6%, accounting for 97.4% of the city’s total import and export value.
It can be said that it is these private enterprises with keen sense of smell and quick action that have supported the “dragon raising its head” in Longkou’s foreign trade.
Expanding from the west to the east: “One Belt, One Road” and RCEP are two-wheel drives
From the perspective of market layout, the circle of friends of Longkou Foreign Trade is expanding and becoming more substantial.
In the first two months, Longkou’s imports and exports to the “Belt and Road” countries, RCEP signatories, ASEAN, Australia, and the EU were 13.32 billion yuan, 1.74 billion yuan, 860 million yuan, 420 million yuan, and 360 million yuan respectively, representing year-on-year increases of 53.7%, 7.6%, 3.4%, 26.7%, and 0.8% respectively.
The story of aluminum: exports grow steadily and imports double.
In the field of key commodities, “aluminum” has become a main thread running through imports and exports.
In terms of exports, as the “ballast stone” for Longkou exports, the export of unwrought aluminum and aluminum materials was 1.73 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4%, steadily accounting for “half of the total export value”.
In terms of imports, the strong demand for aluminum ore and raw materials reflects the strong momentum of the port industry.
In the first two months, the import of unwrought aluminum and aluminum materials was 380 million yuan, a significant increase of 147.6%; the import of metal ore and ore sand was 300 million yuan, an increase of 37.5%.
“The plan for a year lies in spring.”
In this good day of “double happiness”, Longkou’s foreign trade grew at a rate of 40.3%, demonstrating its “Dragon Horse Spirit” in Yantai and even the province’s foreign trade territory.
With the new trend of spring, Longkou, a hot land of private economy, is taking advantage of the east wind of “dragon raising its head” to start the road of progress throughout the year.
