Leap to the world's top in exports, China's automotive industry is leading the way in car exports | new energy | exports
In the first seven months of foreign trade data released by the General Administration of Customs on August 8th, it was specifically mentioned that the proportion of mechanical and electrical products in the total export value has increased to 58.1%, with automobile exports showing particularly outstanding performance.
Since the beginning of this year, China's automobile exports have achieved significant results. The export volume in the first quarter has exceeded that of Japan, and in the first half of the year, China's automobile exports surpassed Japan again, ranking first in the world. China has become the world's largest producer, consumer, and exporter of automobiles. According to customs statistics, in the first seven months of this year, China exported 2.778 million vehicles, an increase of 74.1% year-on-year, with a value of 383.73 billion yuan, an increase of 118.5%.
Accelerate customs clearance speed and actively promote export business cooperation
On August 7th, a batch of cars were transported to the Meishan Customs supervision site under Ningbo Customs, and customs officers quickly carried out on-site operations according to the procedures. Meishan Port is an important port for automobile exports, with over 40 automobile export container routes and 5 automobile export roll on/roll off routes, mainly exported to Europe and the Middle East.
Zhang Peng, the person in charge of CITIC Gangtong International Logistics Co., Ltd.: Since the beginning of this year, we have clearly felt that the customs clearance speed at Meishan Port has accelerated. With a convenient port environment, we can confidently and actively promote export business cooperation, and have launched a direct authorization export model for host factories.
Digitized "Smart Customs" Realizes "Deliverable and Managed"
In order to ensure the convenience of customs clearance for automobile exports, Ningbo Customs promotes the digital reform of "smart customs", and dynamically grasps the elements of export automobile packaging, personnel allocation, etc. in real time, achieving "transportation and management".
Yue Yang, Director of the Comprehensive Business Department of Meishan Customs under Ningbo Customs: In the first half of the year, Ningbo Port exported over 75000 vehicles, mainly to the European Union, the United Arab Emirates and other places, and the export distribution center effect has begun to take shape. The time from the arrival of cars at the port to loading has been shortened by 2 to 3 days, reducing the cost of car exports.
The output has increased significantly, and the export volume of new energy vehicles has increased by 2.6 times
China's manufacturing industry has a complete industrial chain and a strong foundation. Key components and core technologies in some fields of automotive manufacturing are independently controllable, and product quality continues to rise to new levels. The market share of independent brands has significantly increased. At the same time, the new energy vehicle industry has become a key area for industrial transformation and upgrading in China. In the first half of the year, production increased significantly by 35%, and the export volume of new energy vehicles increased by 2.6 times, accounting for 25% of the overall automobile export. The trend of high-end, intelligent, and green export products has become more prominent.
Yan Min, Director of the Macroeconomic Research Office of the Economic Forecasting Department of the National Information Center: China's automobile exports rank among the top in the world, indicating that the pace of China's modern industrial system construction is accelerating, the independent research and development, design and production capacity of mid to high end products is improving, export products are climbing towards the mid to high end of the value chain, the proportion of domestic added value of products is increasing, and the ability to earn foreign exchange through import and export is stronger.