According to statistics from the General Administration of Customs, in the first half of the year, my country's total trade in goods fell by 4.7% year-on-year to US$2.92 trillion, of which exports were US$1.66 trillion, a year-on-year decrease of 3.2%, and imports were US$1.25 trillion, a year-on-year decrease of 6.7%.
In the same period, the cumulative import and export volume of electromechanical products was 1.4 trillion US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 6.6%, accounting for 48% of the total trade in goods. Among them, the export value of mechanical and electrical products decreased by 0.8% year-on-year to US$967.37 billion, accounting for 58.2% of total exports of goods, and imports decreased by 17.5% year-on-year to US$432.74 billion, accounting for 34.5% of total imports of goods, achieving a trade surplus of US$534.62 billion, higher than The surplus of all commodities was 125.93 billion US dollars.
In June, my country’s export of electromechanical products was US$166.76 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 5.7%, and the rate of decline was 4.4 percentage points higher than that of the previous month; imports were US$80.87 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 7%, the 16th consecutive month of year-on-year decrease.
In the first half of the year, the export value of my country's key electromechanical industries such as complete automobiles, auto parts, general machinery and ships increased year-on-year. Among them, the export volume of electric passenger vehicles, which accounted for more than 40% of the total vehicle export value, increased by 77.1% and 108.1% year-on-year respectively, and the volume value has increased year-on-year for the 33rd consecutive month; the export of household appliances continued to pick up, 6 The month's export volume increased by 5.8% year-on-year, the fourth consecutive month of year-on-year growth. In RMB terms, the total export value of electric passenger vehicles, lithium batteries, and solar cells increased by 61.6% year-on-year, driving my country's exports of goods to increase by 1.8 percentage points.
Drag by weak global demand, exports of electronic information products continued to slump. In the first half of the year, the export volume of mobile phones decreased by 13.5% and 14.8% year-on-year respectively, of which the export volume fell for 13 consecutive months; the cumulative export value of computers decreased by 24.3% year-on-year, and the year-on-year decrease for 11 consecutive months; the export volume of integrated circuits decreased by 10% year-on-year respectively. % and 17.7%, the export volume has negative growth for 12 consecutive months.
In the first half of the year, the import volume of key mechanical and electrical industries such as integrated circuits, computers, automobiles and spare parts, and LCD flat panel display modules generally declined. Among them, affected by factors such as weak demand in the downstream consumer electronics industry and falling prices of major products, the import value of integrated circuits fell by 22.4% year-on-year to US$162.61 billion, accounting for the proportion of my country's total imports of goods from 15.3% in 2022 to the current 13%. , as of June, China's integrated circuit imports have decreased year-on-year for the 14th consecutive month.