According to customs statistics, the accumulative imports & exports of Jilin Province in the first three quarters of 2016 were RMB￥ 90.2 billion, marking a year-on-year growth of 0.1%, which was 2% higher than the national average, including exports of 20.6 billion yuan, down by 5.9% year-on-year, and imports of 69.6 billion yuan, up by 2% year-on-year. In US$, the accumulative imports & exports of Jilin Province from January to September were US$ 13.78 billion, down by 5.9% year-on-year, including exports of US$ 3.15 billion, down by 11.6% year-on-year, and imports of US$ 10.63 billion, down by 4% year-on-year.
I. Characteristics of imports & exports of Jilin Province from January to September
1. The foreign trade of Jilin Province showed a tendency of leveling off and recovery. In September, the imports & exports of Jilin Province grew by 8.6% year-on-year, realizing growth for five months in a row and indicating a leveling off and rebounding momentum. From January to September, the accumulative imports & exports of Jilin Province grew by 0.1%, curbing the continuous decline that started from the beginning of this year. Its growth was higher than the national average by 2%, and the ranking of its imports & exports rose by two places over the previous year.
2. Some regions witnessed a good momentum of imports & exports. From January to September, of the nine municipalities (prefectures), four saw their imports & exports grow, and the imports & exports growth of Songyuan, Baicheng and Baishan was 47.6%, 18.6% and 14.1% respectively, maintaining a good growth momentum. The grow of Yanbian Prefecture was 0.4%, and the drop of Changchun and Liaoyuan was smaller than the provincial average.
(The following data are in US$.)
3. Major enterprises’ imports & exports were gradually picking up. From January to September, the imports & exports of FAW fell by 2.7%, lower than the provincial average. The four companies, Continental Automotive Electronics, Hunchun Zijin Minerals, Jinlong Beans and Changchun Dahe Biological, all experienced encouraging growth, and the net increase amount of their imports & exports totaled US$ 490 million, which effectively curbed declining trend of the project’s imports & exports.
4. The exports of agricultural products maintained steady growth, and the decline of imports of automobiles and auto parts became smaller. Of the eight broad-heading export commodities, which account for 98% of the total exports of the province, four types realized growth. The exports of petrochemical and pharmaceutical products both grew by more than 10%. Of the five major import commodities, which account for 87% of the total imports of the province, only light industry and textile products and metallurgical and mineral products attained small-margin growth, while the imports of agricultural products and petrochemical products fell by more than 20%.
5. The imports from and exports to major trade partners showed a declining trend. From January to September, our province’s imports from & exports to our major trade partners such as Germany, Japan, the U.S.A., the ROK, Russia, etc. all showed a declining tendency. Except Korea, the decline of imports from & exports to the other four countries was bigger than the provincial average, while the imports from & exports to such emerging markets as Slovakia, Czech, Thailand, etc. grew with an encouraging momentum.
