Last year, Shanghai's foreign trade import and export exceeded 4 trillion yuan for the first time

Shanghai, January 24 (reporter Shen Wenmin) - according to the statistics of Shanghai Customs, the total import and export value of Shanghai hit a record high in 2021, reaching 4.06 trillion yuan, an increase of 16.5% over 2020. Among them, the export was 1.57 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.6%; Imports reached 2.49 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.7%; The trade deficit was 917.3 billion yuan, an increase of 23.4% year-on-year.

The proportion of imports and exports in general trade increased. In 2021, the import and export of Shanghai in the form of general trade was 2.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 24.1%, accounting for 57.4% of the total import and export value of Shanghai in the same period, and the proportion increased by 3.7 percentage points. Shanghai's import and export to the EU, the largest trading partner, amounted to 806.93 billion yuan, an increase of 15.8%, accounting for 19.9% of Shanghai's total import and export value in the same period. Over the same period, imports and exports to ASEAN reached 538.08 billion yuan, an increase of 11%, accounting for 13.2%. The export of mechanical and electrical products accounted for nearly 70%. The export of mechanical and electrical products in Shanghai was 1.08 trillion yuan, an increase of 14%, accounting for 68.7% of the total export value of Shanghai in the same period.