800 export enterprises increased in Q1
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- Category: Governmental News
- Published: Monday, 06 May 2013 10:46
Stimulated by a series of measures stabilizing the foreign trade, the foreign trade maintains a modest increase. The data released by the Municipal Economy and Trade Bureau, the total volume of trade in the first quarter is 22.78 billion dollars, an increase of 2.4%. There are 11,193 export enterprises, an increase of 800 ones.
In this year, the foreign trade enterprises have strengthened the traditional market on the one hand and expanded the emergent market on the other hand. The ovens manufactured by the Ningbo Pengya Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd which mainly manufactures the kitchen utensils sell well in Brazil and South Africa. “In the first term of the 113th China Export Commodities Fair, we have received dozens of customers in the five days,” said Wu Zhaofeng, the general manager, according to the statistics from the Ningbo Custom, the trade between our city and Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Russia and other emergent markets increases 11.6 percent, 11.1 percent, 15 percent and 29.3 percent respectively. At the same time, our trade with such traditional markets as Europe, the United States increases 3.6 percent, 10.6 percent and the trade with Japan decreases 3.6 percent.
The key products represented by mechanical and electrical products and consumer goods maintain a good momentum. During the first quarter, the export of mechanical and electrical products increases 6.7 percent, accounting for 55.5 percent of the total export, among which the export of lamps, auto parts, ships and containers increases 17.1 percent, 11.2 percent, 194 percent and 99.9 percent. Besides, the exports of such consumer goods as clothing, plastics, furniture and shoes also have a big increase.
With the recovery of the market, enterprises begin to show enthusiasm in foreign trade. From the beginning of this year, the number of import and export enterprises has increased 741 and 153 respectively.
