Guangdong's foreign trade "report card" for half a year was released. According to the statistics of the Guangdong Branch of the customs, in the first half of this year, Guangdong's foreign trade import and export amounted to 3.91 trillion yuan, an increase of 2.8%, accounting for 19.8% of China's total import and export value in the same period. The scale continues to rank first in the country. Among them, the export was 2.47 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.3%; Imports reached 1.44 trillion yuan, down 4%. At the end of the second quarter, with the gradual release of the effects of a series of policies to promote the stability and quality improvement of foreign trade this year, the steady growth trend of foreign trade has become prominent. In June alone, Guangdong's foreign trade import and export reached 70.34 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1%. Among them, the export was 441.24 billion yuan, an increase of 11.6%; Imports reached 262.18 billion yuan, an increase of 0.2%. The trade structure has been continuously optimized and regional development has become more balanced. In the first half of the year, Guangdong's general trade import and export amounted to 2.13 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.4%, accounting for 54.5% of Guangdong's total import and export value, an increase of 1.8 percentage points over the same period last year; Processing trade increased by 0.3%, accounting for 25.9%; Bonded logistics increased by 4.9%, accounting for 16%. In addition, the growth rate of foreign trade in eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong and northern Guangdong was 15.2 percentage points faster than that in the Pearl River Delta, accounting for 5.3% of the province, and the proportion increased by 0.6 percentage points. Half a year since RCEP came into effect, the "circle of friends" of Guangdong trade has been expanding. In the first half of the year, Guangdong's import and export to ASEAN reached 617.56 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9%. ASEAN is Guangdong's largest trading partner. Among RCEP member countries, the trade relationship between Guangdong and ASEAN is closer. In the first half of the year, the trade between Guangdong and ASEAN accounted for 54.8% of the trade scale between Guangdong and RCEP, with an increase of 1.5 percentage points. Over the same period, Guangdong's imports and exports to the United States, the European Union and Taiwan, China increased by 18.8%, 11% and 7.5% respectively. The growth in the export of high-tech products and the fact that "Guangdong smart manufacturing" sells well overseas are due to the continuous rise of the province's industries to the middle and high end of the value chain. In the first half of the year, Guangdong exported 1.66 trillion yuan of mechanical and electrical products, an increase of 4.8%, accounting for 67.4% of Guangdong's total export value. Among them, the export of automatic data processing equipment and its parts increased by 17.3%, electrical equipment increased by 20.2%, mobile phones increased by 1.9%, and printed circuits increased by 8.7%. Over the same period, Guangdong exported 401.42 billion yuan of labor-intensive products, an increase of 6.1%, accounting for 16.3%. Among them, the export of shoes and boots increased by 24%, and the export of luggage increased by 21.2%. From the perspective of foreign trade entities, state-owned enterprises have the fastest growth rate, and the leading role of the industry has emerged. In the first half of the year, the import and export of state-owned enterprises in Guangdong reached 230.87 billion yuan, an increase of 17.2%, 14.4 percentage points faster than that of Guangdong as a whole; Private enterprises increased by 1.6%, accounting for 56.2%; Foreign funded enterprises increased by 3%, accounting for 37.7%. In terms of import, in the first half of the year, Guangdong's import of integrated circuits increased by 2.7%, accounting for 35.7% of Guangdong's total import value. Over the same period, imported grain was 5.51million tons, an increase of 30.3%, imported crude oil increased by 22.6%, coal decreased by 33.5%, and iron ore decreased by 2.4%. (Xinhua News Agency)