The General Administration of Customs released data on the 7th: In the first seven months of 2024, the total import and export value of my country's goods trade was 24.83 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%. Among them, imports and exports in July were 3.68 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%, and the monthly growth rate remained above 5% for four consecutive months.

    Specifically, exports achieved stable growth. In the first seven months, my country's exports were 14.26 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.7%. The scale of imports has stabilized and increased. In the first seven months, my country's imports were 10.57 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%.

    In the first seven months, my country exported 8.41 trillion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 8.3%, accounting for 59% of my total exports. Among them, automatic data processing equipment and its parts were 815.88 billion yuan, an increase of 11.6%; integrated circuits were 640.91 billion yuan, an increase of 25.8%; automobiles were 462.86 billion yuan, an increase of 20.7%; and mobile phones were 454.74 billion yuan, a decrease of 1.3%. In the same period, exports of labor-intensive products were 2.43 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.1%, accounting for 17%. Among them, clothing and clothing accessories were 632.29 billion yuan, an increase of 1.6%; textiles were 574.53 billion yuan, an increase of 6%; and plastic products were 437.21 billion yuan, an increase of 10%. Exports of agricultural products were 403.12 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6%.

    In the first seven months, my country imported 714 million tons of iron ore, an increase of 6.7%, and the average import price (the same below) was 826.1 yuan per ton, an increase of 5.4%; crude oil was 318 million tons, a decrease of 2.4%, and 4,322.3 yuan per ton, an increase of 8.1%; Coal was 296 million tons, an increase of 13.3%, and 713.9 yuan per ton, a decrease of 14.9%; Natural gas was 75.442 million tons, an increase of 12.9%, to 3477.7 yuan per ton, down 9%; soybeans were 58.333 million tons, a decrease of 1.3%, to 3,658.2 yuan per ton, down 15.4%; refined oil was 28.32 million tons, an increase of 4.6%, to 4,387.3 yuan per ton, an increase of 10.3%. In addition, imports of plastics in primary shapes were 16.77 million tons, an increase of 1.6%, or 10,800 yuan per ton, down 1.1%; unwrought copper and copper materials were 3.201 million tons, an increase of 5.4%, or 66,800 yuan per ton, up 9.9%.

    During the same period, imported mechanical and electrical products were 3.88 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.7%. Among them, there were 308.18 billion integrated circuits, an increase of 14.5%, with a value of 1.51 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.4%; 402,000 vehicles, a decrease of 2.5%, with a value of 163.19 billion yuan, a decrease of 7.4%. Source: Sinochem New Network