According to the customs statistics, the imports and exports of Jilin Province totaled RMB￥ 81.32 billion January-August 2015, which can be converted into US$ 13.24 billion, marking a year-on-year decrease of 22.2%. The exports totaled RMB￥ 18.93 billion, which can be converted into US$ 3.09 billion, marking a year-on-year decrease of 15.1%; the imports totaled RMB￥ 62.39 billion, which can be converted into US$ 10.15 billion, marking a year-on-year decrease of 24.2%. In the first eight months of this year, the imports and exports of our province ranked 22nd in China, rising by one place.
The imports and exports of Jilin Province totaled RMB￥ 8.23 billion in August, which can be converted into US$ 1.342 billion, marking a year-on-year decrease of 38.2%. The exports totaled RMB￥ 2.05 billion, which can be converted into US$ 334 million, marking a year-on-year decrease of 29.3%; the imports totaled RMB￥ 6.18 billion, which can be converted into US$ 1.008 billion, marking a year-on-year decrease of 40.6%.
I. Main features of imports and exports of our province in August 2015
(I) The import and export of some mainstay enterprises such as FAW Group witnessed decreases, which resulted in a declining tendency of foreign trade of our province. From January to August, the accumulative net decrease of imports and exports of our province was US$ 3.79 billion year-on-year, mainly due to the plunge of imports and exports of mainstay enterprises. From January to August, FAW Group achieved imports and exports of US$ 7.39 billion accumulatively, marking a decrease of 30.3% and a net reduction of US$ 3.21 billion year-on-year. Apart from FAW Group, from January to August, accumulative imports and exports of other enterprises totaled US$ 5.84 billion, resulting in a reduction of US$ 8.9% year-on-year. From January to August, CRC completed imports and exports of US$ 360 million, down by 21.9%; Dacheng Group completed imports and exports of US$ 20.43 million, down by 79.3%; Ji’en Nickel completed imports and exports of US$ 57.91 million, down by 59.3%; China-Russia Frontier Trade completed imports and exports of US$ 117.21 million, down by 41.7%; Sinosteel Jilin Electromechanical completed imports and exports of US$ 24.39 million, down by 73.7%; Continental Automotive Electronics completed imports and exports of US$ 308.15 million, down by 13.9%; Dongbei (Yanbian) Woodware Co., Ltd. completed Imports and exports of US$ 12.58 million, down by 80.6%. the net decrease of the seven enterprises totaled US$ 520 million.
Specifically, January-August, the top 100 enterprises of imports and exports in our province totaled US$ 11.32 billion, accounting for 85.5% of all the imports and exports of our province.
In terms of exports, from January to August, our province’s exports were down by 15.1% and the net decrease of the amount of exports was US$ 550 million. In the first eight months of this year, of the 89 enterprises in our province, each of which had exports over US$ 6 million, 41 saw their exports growing. The enterprises with net export increases of over US$ 10 million were the Hunchun Xinshidai Industrial and Trade Co., Ltd., the Jilin City Jianlong Steel & Iron Co., Ltd., the Tonghua Steel & Iron Group Co., Ltd., the Royal DSM Midbody (Changchun) Co., Ltd., etc., totaling eight, and their total net growth of exports was US$ 180 million. From January to August of this year, the mainstay enterprises, each of which had net reduction of exports of US$ 20 million, were Dacheng Group, the Sinosteel Jilin Electromechanical Equipment Co., Ltd., China-Russia Frontier Trade, etc., totaling 10, and their net exports were US$ 440 million short in total.
In terms of imports, from January to August, our province’s imports were down by 24.2% year-on-year, and the net decrease of the amount of imports was US$ 3.23 billion. In the first eight months of the year, of the 83 enterprises in our province, each of which had imports over US$ 6 million, 44 saw their imports declining. The mainstay importing enterprises with import decreases of over US$ 20 million each included FAW Group, Ji-en Nickel, Continental Automotive Electronics (Changchun), CRC, etc., totaling seven, and their net decrease of imports totaled US$ 3.42 billion. In the first eight months of this year, the enterprises, each of which had incremental imports over US$ 20 million were the Shuangliao Huifeng Oils Co., Ltd., the Jilin Province Bolaide Industrial and Trade Co., Ltd., etc. totaling seven, and their net increase of imports was US$ 290 million in total.
(II) The broad heading merchandise exports were down as a whole, and only exports of metallurgical products achieved growth. From January to August, none of the exports of the eight types of merchandise under major monitoring achieved growth, and their exports totaled US$ 2.71 billion, down by 16.0% year-on-year, and their total exports accounted for 93.9% of the total exports of our province. The exports of pharmaceutical products were down by the large margin, reaching 33.6%. The light industry textile products, woodware and automobiles and parts dropped by over 10%. From January to August, our province’s exports of electromechanical products were US$ 1 billion, down by 19.4% year-on-year; the exports of hi-tech products were US$ 210 million, down by 31.6% year-on-year. In August, the exports of metallurgical products were US$ 37.30 million, marking a year-on-year decrease of 17.4%.
(III) The increase trend of agricultural products imports remained robust, while the drop of bulk commodity prices affected the imports of our province. The imports of the four major types of merchandise, i.e. automobile & parts, metallurgical, agricultural and petrochemical products, totaled US$ 8.2 billion, marking a year-on-year decline of 24.8%, and the amount of their total imports accounted for 83.1% of the amount of the total imports of our province. The imports of agricultural product products continued with robust growth, and, in the first eight months of the year, the amount of their imports tallied a year-on-year increase of 93.9%. The imports of petrochemical products grew by 28.3%. The imports of automobiles & parts and metallurgical & mineral products fell by 29.4% and 17.1% respectively. From January to August of the year, the imports of soybean and iron ore sand increased by 62.9% and 108.9% respectively. In the first eight months of the year, our province’s imports of electromechanical products were US$ 8.05 billion, marking a year-on-year decrease of 29.4%; the imports of hi-tech products were US$ 1.12 billion, marking a year-on-year decrease of 12.3%.
(IV) Jilin Province achieved growth in imports from and exports to the United States while its imports from and exports to Europe, Northeast Asia, etc. dropped. January-August, Jilin Province’s imports from and exports to American markets were US$ 1231.90 million, marking a year-on-year increase of 21.3%. The exports were US$ 546.71 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 13.8%; the imports were US$ 685.19 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 28.1%. The imports from and exports to the U.S.A., our major trade country, were US$ 696.23 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 15.9%; the exports were US$ 298.55 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 3.5%; the imports were US$ 397.68 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 27.4%. The imports from and exports to Brazil were US$ 271.65 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 42.2%, including exports of US$ 122.36 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 289.9%, and imports of US$ 149.29 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 6.5%.
The imports from and exports to Europe (excluding Russia and the CIS) were US$ 7803.12 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 26.0%, including exports of US$ 506.94 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 7.2%, and imports of US$ 7296.18 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 27.1%. Our province’s imports from and exports to Germany were US$ 4951.64 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 25.6%, including exports of US$ 163.62 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 6.7%, and imports of US$ 4788.02 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 26.1%.
The imports from and exports to Northeast Asian markets were US$ 1646.92 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 35.8%, including exports of US$ 579.53 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 20.9%, and imports of US$ 1067.40 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 41.8%. The imports from and exports to Japan, our major trade country, were US$ 1163.94 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 44.8%, including exports of US$ 287 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 37%, and imports of US$ 876.94 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 46.9%. The imports from and exports to ROK were US$ 454.19 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 0.7%, including exports of US$ 290.54 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 5.3%, and imports of US$ 163.65 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 9.8%.
The imports from and exports to Asia (excluding Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Asia) and Africa were US$ 748.81 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 11.0%, including exports of US$ 552.54 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 1.8%, and imports of US$ 196.28 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 29.4%. The imports from and exports to South Africa, our major trade country, were US$ 100.06 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 31.0%, including exports of US$ 39.16 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 27.3%, and imports of US$ 60.91 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 33.1%. The imports from and exports to India were US$ 130.05 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 9.3%, including exports of US$ 112.3 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 9.9%, and imports of US$ 17.75 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 5.3%.
The imports from and exports to Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Oceania were US$ 974.64 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 14.8%, including exports of US$ 533.12 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 27.4%, and imports of US$ 3441.53 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 7.8%. The imports from and exports to Malaysia, our major trade country (region), were US$ 114.4 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 45.1%, including exports of US$ 52.28 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 64.0%, and imports of US$ 62.12 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 1.6%. The imports from and exports to the Philippines were US$ 128.13 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 68.1%, including exports of US$ 99.25 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 87.4%, and imports of US$ 28.88 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 24.2%. The imports from and exports to Australia were US$ 184.58 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 17.2%, including exports of US$ 25.93 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 64.5%, and imports of US$ 158.65 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 5.9%.
The imports from and exports to Russia and its surrounding markets were US$ 355.5 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 15.3%, including exports of US$ 171.37 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 51.3%, and imports of US$ 184.13 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 172.4%. The imports from and exports to Russian, our major trade country, were US$ 296.88 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 24.5%, including exports of US$ 164.96 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 49.9%, and imports of US$ 131.93 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 105.5%.
(V） The imports of the processing trade witnessed growth, and the imports and exports of private enterprises were up. January-August, our province’s imports and exports in the processing trade were US$ 1 billion, marking a year-on-year drop of 0.4%, accounting for 7.9% of the total amount of imports and exports of our province, including exports of US$ 710 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 7.8%, and imports of US$ 290 million, marking a year-on-year growth of 23.6%.
Our province’s imports and exports in general trade were US$ 11.4 billion, marking a year-on-year drop of 24.7%, including exports of US$ 1.94 billion, marking a year-on-year drop of 14.9%, and imports of US$ 9.45 billion, marking a year-on-year drop of 26.4%.
From January to August, the imports and exports of private enterprises in our province were US$ 2.03 billion, marking a year-on-year growth of 9.1%, accounting for up to 15.9% of the total value of imports and exports of our province. It showed that the independent growth capacity of our province’s foreign trade was gradually increasing. The imports and exports of foreign-funded enterprises in our province were US$ 6.67 billion, marking a year-on-year drop of 15.2%. The imports and exports of state-owned enterprises were US$ 4.02 billion, marking a year-on-year drop of 40.4%.
II. Several concerns about our province’s foreign trade
(I) FAW Group’s imports and exports affected our province’s foreign trade. From January to August, FAW Group’s accumulative imports and exports were US$ 7.39 billion, marking a year-on-year drop of 30.3% and a net year-on-year reduction of US$ 3.21 billion. In August, FAW Group completed imports and exports of US$ 700 million, marking a year-on-year drop of 46.5% and a net year-on-year reduction of US$ 600 million. The continuous dispirited situation of FAW Group will seriously affect our province’s efforts to attain the annual objective of imports and exports.
(II) There was no sign of recovery in the decline of foreign trade nationwide. From January to August of 2015, the imports and exports of our country were US$ 2557.55 billion, down by 7.5%. From January to August, only nine provinces (municipalities) realized growth of imports and exports in China. 14 out of the 15 top-ranking provinces (municipalities) saw their imports and exports fall. From January to August, Liaoning Province completed imports and exports of US$ 64.53 billion, down by 16.6% year-on-year; Heilongjiang Province completed imports and exports of US$ 14.68 billion, down by 38.0% year-on-year. Liaoning Province, Heilongjiang Province and Jilin Province ranked 9th, 21st and 22nd respectively in China in terms of imports and exports.
