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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 09:20
It is learned from the foreign trade conference held yesterday that the total volume of exports and imports of Ningbo in the first four months stood at $30.2588 billion, almost the same level of the previous year. Specifically speaking, exports reached $18.467 billion, up by 3.2% over the same period last year, while imports stood at $11.819 billion, down by 4.7%.
Statistics show that the exports of private enterprises increased steadily and reached yuan 8.826 billion, up by a significant 10.9%, much higher than that of the total volume.
Since the second half of last year, with the even deepening debt crises in Europe and the USA, the consumption capacity of the markets has declined sharply. Ningbo's foreign trade orders, especially those from European and American markets, have fell accordingly.
According to the statistics of Ningbo Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau, in the first four months this year, Ningbo's exports to the EU reached $3.599 billion, down by 4.3% over the same period last year. The exports four April only decreased by 6.4% over last year, and the decline is expanding. In terms of different countries, exports to Germany, France and the UK increased by 1.1%, 2.3% and 10.9% respectively, while exports to Italy and Belgium dropped by over 10%. In the first four months, Ningbo's exports to the USA increased by 8.3% and those to Japan decreased by 0.5%. The exports to such emerging markets as Latin America, ASEAN and BRICS increased by 10.5%, 19% and 9.5% respectively over the same period last year, while those to India dropped by 5.8%. .
According to a related official from Ningbo Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau, the growth of the exports of traditionally strong products is quite evident. Such traditionally strong products as textile products, plastic wares, LCD panels and lighting products saw an increase of over 10% in the first four months. The exports of auto parts increased by 7.4%, and those of bearings and fasteners increased by 4.1% and 1.6% respectively. In contrast, the exports of garments and bags & boxes decreased by 0.6% and 0.8% respectively (down by 10.7% and 13.3% respectively in April). Besides, exports of such port-products as ships and containers dropped by 56.6% and 62.2% over the first four months of last year, accounting for the decrease of 2.4% of the whole volume of exports in Ningbo
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Category: Ningbo News
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Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 09:19
On June 4, Ningbo High-tech Zone and Fenghua Municipal Government signed the strategic cooperative agreement to build the Fenghua Park of Ningbo High-tech Zone in order to make full play of the radiation role of the zone in the principle of "brand sharing, information exchanging and industry interaction". Vice-mayor Chen Zhongchao attended the signing ceremony.
This has been the third outer-park of Ningbo High-tech Zone. Since 2010, the zone has signed agreement with Jiangbei District Government and Yuyao Municipal Government to set parks in Jiangbei and Yuyao. Since then, a series of scientific and technological cooperation and exchange activities have been carried out to realize the cross-regional transfer of innovative elements.
It is learned that the Fenghua Park is located in Shangqiao New Community of Xiwu Street in Fenghua City, where there are convenient traffic conditions, excellent industrial basis and complete supporting facilities. The total planned area will reach 6000 acres, with 1500 acres planned as Shangqiao Economic Development Zone. 23 projects were signed with a total investment of three billion yuan.
In the opening ceremony, the two parties signed the agreement for the settlement of seven industrial projects and the cooperation of three counterpart projects.
As the key area for innovative elements in Ningbo, the High-tech Zone has attracted over 200 R & D institutions, public technological platforms and innovative services organizations, as well as over 40,000 innovative talents, with 16 being members of the national or provincial "1000 Talents Plan". According to related experts, the building of cross-regional parks will play a significant role in strengthening the radiation and docking of innovative resources and promoting the industrial transformation and upgrading.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2012 09:19
It is reported that the LED wrist straps produced by an enterprise in Yinzhou District will enter the London Olympic Games. The strap is of the watch size and has a built-in chip, a receiver and a transistor. The LED straps in a specific area will send out specific lights as is controlled by the signals from the background controller. There are six colors, including red, green and blue, for people to choose from.
It is said that besides the order from the London Olympic Games, the enterprise has also got orders from some sponsors of the London Olympic Games. In addition, some ice-hockey teams and rugby teams from the United States and Europe also intend to make orders with it.