According to data released by Dalian Customs, the city's exports for the first four months of this year reached approximately RMB 88.21 billion, marking a year-on-year increase of 18.9%. This growth rate surpasses the national average, highlighting the robust resilience of the local economy. During the same period, Dalian's total foreign trade value amounted to approximately RMB 166.21 billion, reflecting an 8.3% increase and setting a new historical high for the period. This figure accounts for 63.9% of Liaoning Province's total foreign trade.
Processing trade, a key component, demonstrated significant improvement in quality and speed, with its import and export value reaching about RMB 46.49 billion, a surge of 38.6%. This sector constitutes 28% of the city's total foreign trade.
Private enterprises have been a powerful driver of high-quality economic development. Their import and export value totaled roughly RMB 101.23 billion, growing by 17.5% and representing 60.9% of the city's total. Foreign-invested enterprises contributed approximately RMB 48.5 billion, a slight increase of 0.3%, accounting for 29.2%.
In terms of trading partners, trade with ASEAN saw remarkable growth, reaching about RMB 46.83 billion, a staggering 101.3% increase, and making up 28.2% of Dalian's total. Trade with emerging markets also showed strong momentum: trade with Africa increased by 181.4% to approximately RMB 10.23 billion, and trade with Latin America grew by 20.8% to about RMB 7.85 billion. Meanwhile, trade with traditional markets like the EU and South Korea grew by 12.6% and 2.2%, reaching roughly RMB 17.62 billion and RMB 14.71 billion, respectively.
A notable highlight is the shipbuilding industry's ongoing transformation towards high-end, intelligent, and green development. Internationally designed and built vessel types, such as Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carriers, and multi-purpose pulp carriers, are gaining significant favor in the global market. In the first four months, Dalian's ship exports amounted to about RMB 15.56 billion, a substantial 118% increase. This surge contributed 6.7 percentage points to the city's overall export growth and represented 11.1% of its total export value.
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