Dongying has been shortlisted in the top 100 foreign trade list for five consecutive years. Tire is the largest export product

The reporter learned from Dongying customs that in 2013, the total import and export value of Dongying City was US $13.15 billion, which was shortlisted as one of the top 100 cities in China's foreign trade in 2013 for five consecutive years, ranking fifth in Shandong Province.

A few days ago, in the list of "2013 China's top 100 foreign trade cities" released by the General Administration of customs, 11 cities in Shandong were shortlisted, surpassing Jiangsu and leaping to the first place in China, and Dongying ranked 56th, the same as last year. The reporter learned from Dongying customs that the total import and export value of Dongying City in 2013 was US $13.15 billion, an increase of 7.2% over the same period last year, 1.6 percentage points lower than the average increase of the whole province. Among them, the import was 7.35 billion US dollars, an increase of 0.8%, 12.7 percentage points lower than the average increase of the whole province. Exports reached US $5.8 billion, an increase of 16.5%, 12 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of the whole province. In 2013, the total import and export value of Dongying ranked sixth in the province. The import ranks fourth and the export ranks fifth.

It is understood that the selection of China's top 100 foreign trade cities is completed by the General Administration of customs. The selection data directly comes from customs statistics and is scheduled based on comprehensive national economic data. The selection criteria include five indicators, including foreign trade level competitiveness, structural competitiveness, benefit competitiveness, development competitiveness and potential competitiveness.

According to customs statistics, the total import and export value of Dongying City in the first half of 2014 was 39.4 billion yuan, an increase of 3.4% over the same period last year. Among them, the import was 20.15 billion yuan, of which the export was 19.25 billion yuan, an increase of 22.1%, 14.6 percentage points higher than the average increase of the whole province. The export of Dongying City continued to maintain a high growth trend. Among them, the export of unwrought copper and copper materials in the form of processing trade was large, with an export of 17000 tons, an increase of 1.6 times; The export value was 780 million yuan, an increase of 1.4 times; In addition, the export of mechanical and electrical products such as petroleum equipment increased rapidly, which led to a significant increase in the export volume of Dongying City. Tire is the largest export product of Dongying City. In the first half of 2014, the tire export of Dongying City was 10.89 billion yuan, an increase of 5.1%, and the tire export accounted for 56.6% of the total export value. The Middle East has become the main export area of Dongying City. In the first half of 2014, Dongying City exported 3.77 billion yuan to the Middle East (17 countries), an increase of 53.7%.