the general administration of customs released data on the 8th. in the first eight months of this year, china's total import and export value of goods trade was 20.13 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%, continuing the steady development trend of foreign trade.
among the big plates of about 20 trillion yuan, the export was 10.95 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.1%; the import was 9.18 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.8%; the trade surplus was 1.77 trillion yuan, an increase of 46%. in august, china's total import and export value was 2.72 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.1%. among them, the export was 1.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.6%; the import was 1.24 trillion yuan, a decrease of 2.6%; the trade surplus was 239.6 billion yuan, an increase of 41.8%. from the perspective of trading partners, china's import and export to major markets such as the eu, asean and japan have maintained growth, and the growth rate of china's import and export to countries along the" the belt and road"is higher than that of the whole. specifically, in the first eight months, the total value of china eu trade was 3.15 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.7%, accounting for 15.6% of china's total foreign trade; the total value of china asean trade was 2.74 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.7%, accounting for 13.6%; the total value of china japan trade was 1.39 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.7%, accounting for 6.9%. over the same period, china's commitment to the" the belt and road "initiative the total import and export of countries along the line was 5.83 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.9%, 6.3 percentage points higher than the overall national growth rate, accounting for 29% of china's total foreign trade, and the proportion increased by 1.7 percentage points from the perspective of trade subjects, in the first eight months, the import and export of private enterprises reached 8.49 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.2%, accounting for 42.2% of china's total foreign trade, an increase of 2.9 percentage points over the same period last year the data also shows that china's exports of mechanical and electrical products and labor-intensive products have maintained growth. among them, the export of mechanical and electrical products was 6.34 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.6%, accounting for 57.9% of the total export value. seven categories of labor-intensive products, including clothing and footwear, exported a total of 2.13 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.3%, accounting for 19.4% of the total export value in terms of import, china's imports of crude oil, coal, natural gas and other commodities increased, the imports of iron ore and soybeans decreased, and the average import price of bulk commodities rose and fell liu bin