Import and export striding in Meishan Bonded Port
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- Category: Ningbo District
- Published: Tuesday, 29 October 2013 07:30
Statistics from Ningbo Customs show that in the first nine months of 2013, the total volume of import and export in Ningbo reached $74.46 billion, an increase of 2.6% over the same period last year. To be specific, the import volume stood at $25.75 billion, down by 2.4%, and the export volume reached $48.71 billion, up by 5.4%. In the same period, the volume of import and export for private companies in Ningbo stood at $39.81 billion, up by 5.7% over the same period last year.
Among all the counties and districts, Ningbo Economic and Technological Development Zone and Yinzhou District take the lead with the volumes of $12.31 billion and $10.75 billion respectively, while Meishan Bonded Port ranked No.1 in terms of growth rate. With the development of the supporting facilities, Meishan Bonded Port have attracted an increasing number of enterprises to settle down in the zone, and the total volume of import and export for the zone has increased by 44.2%.
The EU and the US are still the major target markets for the Ningbo’s exports. In the first nine months, the export volume to the EU reached $15.1 billion, up by 2.9%, and that to the US, $11.68 billion, up by 4.3%. With regard to the commodity structure, the top three imports are the iron ores and concentrates, waste medals, and plastics in primary form, and the top three exports are textiles and garments, household appliances, and plastic wares.
The statistics also show that in the first three quarters, the total volume of import and export via Ningbo Port reached $156.7 billion, up by 6.1% over the previous year, with the export volume standing at $99 billion, up by 5.4%, and the import volume atanding at $57.7 billion, up by 7.2%.
