Since 2025, my country’s major foreign trade provinces have achieved remarkable results in diversifying the trade market.
Major coastal foreign trade provinces such as Zhejiang and Guangdong and key foreign trade provinces in the west such as Sichuan have deeply cultivated emerging markets such as ASEAN, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia, promoting “Made in China” to go global more widely, and the resilience of foreign trade development continues to increase.
Taizhou’s high-end sewing machinery has become a “hot item” in foreign trade.
According to the latest statistics from Hangzhou Customs, in the first 11 months of this year, Zhejiang’s total import and export value exceeded 5 trillion yuan, reaching 5.06 trillion yuan, a record high for the same period in history.
The export of sewing machinery and its parts is an important foreign trade industry in Taizhou, Zhejiang.
In a production workshop in Taizhou, sewing machines are being assembled one after another. Orders for this product have been scheduled for June next year.
Qin Jifeng, the head of a sewing machinery company in Taizhou, said: “This should be the fourth popular product we have created in the flat bag series, but in fact it is also the first popular product we have created in the high-end category. Foreign trade is estimated to account for 80%, and we are also accelerating production in this area.” Since the beginning of this year, the company’s foreign trade business has achieved strong growth, with sales of two products increasing by more than 70%.
Currently, products are exported to more than 100 countries and regions.
From January to November this year, the export volume of sewing machinery and parts in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province has exceeded the 5 billion yuan mark, an increase of 8.7% compared with the same period last year.
The markets for export growth are mainly concentrated in countries such as India, Brazil, Vietnam, and Egypt.
In Yongkang City, Zhejiang’s “Hardware Capital”, exports to Africa are growing rapidly.
An electric tool foreign trade company continues to improve the brand awareness of its products in emerging markets such as Africa and the Middle East by holding exhibitions abroad.
In the first 11 months of this year, the company’s exports to Africa increased by 20%.
Lou Yongzhong, the foreign trade manager of an electrical appliance company in Yongkang City, said: “We will further develop the relatively blank markets. In those countries and regions where we have agents, we will vigorously cooperate to support customers to expand their business.” With the acceleration of urbanization and industrialization in Africa, the market demand for electric drills, wrenches and other power tools has surged. Yongkang’s foreign trade companies have keenly seized opportunities and increased their efforts to develop the African market.
Customs data shows that currently, there are more than 600 companies in Yongkang City carrying out African trade.
In the first 11 months of this year, local exports of hand and machine tools to Africa increased by 24.2% year-on-year.
Chen Xinyi, a staff member of the Jinhua Customs Office in Yongkang, said: “We sort out the customs clearance pre-procedure list for enterprises in advance, helping enterprises to shorten the preliminary preparation time by nearly 30%. At the same time, we regularly send personnel to carry out technical exchange activities with foreign trade enterprises, mainly to interpret the technical regulations and certification requirements of importing countries, and to help enterprises overcome key difficulties such as standard understanding and differences in testing items.”
According to statistics from the Guangdong Branch of the General Administration of Customs, in the first 11 months of this year, the development of emerging markets in Guangdong has achieved remarkable results.
In the first 11 months of this year, ASEAN, Hong Kong, and the European Union ranked as Guangdong’s top three trading partners, with import and export scales exceeding one trillion yuan.
During the same period, Guangdong’s total import and export value to emerging markets such as the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia increased by 7.8%, 10.4%, and 26% respectively, both of which were faster than the overall growth rate of Guangdong’s foreign trade of 4.2%.
In Dongguan, Guangdong, watches with Chinese elements are popular, and foreign trade innovation shows its strength.
In the first 11 months, Guangdong’s exports of mechanical and electrical products accounted for nearly 70% of Guangdong’s total export value.
In a watch production workshop in Dongguan, Guangdong, there is a dazzling array of watch products, from classic mechanical watches to smart fashion accessories, from customized series for the high-end market to trendy styles that meet the needs of the public.
Liu Ren, general manager of a watch company in Dongguan, said: “We used our Chinese element ‘Ancient Shu’ to design a set of bracelet watches called ‘Oriental Ancient Shu’, which has elements of personalization and also means ‘lucky’. Keep luck and keep happiness. This
As soon as the product was launched, it was loved by consumers at home and abroad.
“Through process innovation and the establishment of an industrial design institute, this company spent several years developing new materials that have the smoothness and hardness of precious metals at a better cost, and have successfully entered the jewelry track.
According to the person in charge of the company, its high-end brand products have been exported to more than 30 countries and regions around the world.
In the first 11 months of this year, Dongguan City had import and export trade with more than 200 countries and regions around the world.
Among them, imports and exports to ASEAN increased by more than 30%.
Lu Liang, deputy director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of Huangpu Customs, said: “In the first 11 months, Dongguan’s trade with 54 countries and regions including Singapore, Argentina, and Ethiopia increased by more than 50%. During the same period, exports to the Middle East increased by 35%, 24.5 higher than the national average.
percentage points.
In addition, Dongguan’s exports of lithium batteries to Latin America, electronic components to Africa, and home appliances to Central Asia all achieved double-digit growth.”
According to Chengdu Customs statistics, Sichuan’s exports exceeded 550 billion yuan in the first 11 months of this year.
Among them, the cargo volume of the freight train from Chengdu to Central Asia under customs supervision exceeded 150,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.8 times.
As one of the first cities in the country to launch China-Europe trains, Chengdu has operated more than 36,000 international trains, relying on this channel to build a logistics network covering the Eurasian continent.
Recently, 50 tons of small golden apples from Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, were shipped from Chengdu Railway Port on a special cold chain train to Kazakhstan. This is the first time Sichuan apples have entered Central Asia, Europe and other markets.
The China-Europe freight train integration platform has become a key support for thousands of kilometers of cross-border links from the plateau to overseas. By integrating resources such as international transport, warehousing logistics, and supply chain finance, it has completely opened up the “main artery” for plateau agricultural products to be exported to Central Asia and Europe.
At the same time, with the help of the cold chain transportation guarantee of China-Europe trains, the problem of agricultural products in remote production areas being unable to leave or be transported far has been solved.
Zhang Mingqiang, deputy director of Xiaojin County Science, Technology, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Water Affairs Bureau, said: “In the past, our apples were mainly sold to the domestic market, and the international market has always been blank. Cold chain and overseas warehousing are all problems. This time, relying on the China-Europe train platform, it was all solved at once. The export of 50 tons of apples to Europe and Central Asia can increase the county’s apple income, with an average household income of 50 tons.
Revenue increased by more than 20% compared with traditional domestic sales.
“On that day, the China-Europe Express (Chengdu-Chongqing) Cold Chain Distribution Center was established. The cold chain logistics of the two places are coordinated and linked to provide a more efficient exclusive channel for the import and export of high value-added fresh food and pharmaceutical products in the southwest. It is expected to drive an increase in cold chain trade volume of more than 5 billion yuan every year. The breakthrough in cold chain logistics has further upgraded the value of the channel.
Xiao Xiaowen, deputy director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of Chengdu Customs, said: “In the first 11 months of this year, Sichuan’s exports to the Central Asian market exceeded 6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of nearly 30%. Among them, exports to Kazakhstan increased by 1.2 times year-on-year. Among the products exported to the five Central Asian countries, automobiles, photovoltaic products, lithium batteries, televisions, etc. accounted for a large proportion.”
