Yiwu foreign trade handed in a bright half-yearly report

A Day 86400 seconds, Yiwu international trade city traffic as high as 88600 times, an average of one second a car in and out.

Business opportunities are everywhere. Business is global. As a“Weather vane” and“Barometer” of global small commodity trade, Yiwu’s foreign trade has shown relatively strong resilience since this year.

According to Yiwu customs statistics, Yiwu’s total import and export in the first half of this year reached 268.97 billion yuan, ranking first in the province’s counties (cities and districts) , up 21 percent year on year. Exports totaled 237.41 billion yuan, up 17.0 percent year-on-year, and imports totaled 31.56 billion yuan, up 63.4 percent year-on-year. A series of data released a“Steady” strong sound, revealing a“Into” signal.

From“Products to sea” gradually upgraded to“Brand to sea”. In June this year, Yiwu launched the“Brand going to sea” season, through the formation of brand going to sea alliance, held Yiwu Top 10 brand selection, organized a number of foreign business fair, launched Morocco, Thailand, South Korea and other marine exhibitions and a series of activities to help enterprises into the broader international market.

Cross-border e-commerce is another“New channel” in Yiwu. In the first half of this year, there were 540,800 registered e-commerce entities in Yiwu, of which more than 40 percent were engaged in cross-border e-commerce. Relying on the“Bridge” of cross-border e-commerce, Yiwu achieved 64.65 billion yuan in cross-border e-commerce transactions, up 12.92 percent year on year. At present, Yiwu has attracted Amazon, Express, Shopee, Lazada and other cross-border e-commerce platform landing.

In addition, Ali international station also launched the“Yiwu small commodity industry zone” for the characteristics of the Yiwu industrial belt; Shopee, fast sell Tong Yiwu operation center to achieve normal operation, build a“Shop open global” docking mechanism. At present, Yiwu has set up 210 overseas warehouses in 50 countries, with a total of 19 overseas exhibition halls and logistics networks radiating more than 700 hub cities around the world. In order to promote the prosperity of the market, Yiwu has been sending more than 1.8 million e-invitations to global buyers, providing them with all-round support in the selection of goods, accommodation and catering, etc. .

According to Yiwu market management statistics, since this year, the international trade city, the average daily passenger flow of 200,000 people, the average daily inward foreign business up to 2000 people. “Next, we will further promote the reconstruction of the new trade scene, providing global traders with a richer business scene, more accurate trading opportunities and a better growth system, creating a new glory for Yiwu Market Development,” said the party chief


Post time: Aug-09-2023