my country's foreign trade shows recovery growth momentum

my country's foreign trade shows recovery growth momentum

Shu Jueting, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce, said at the press conference that since May 2022, the resumption of work and production of foreign trade enterprises has been promoted in an orderly manner, the impediment of the industrial chain and supply chain has gradually eased, and the effects of various policies to stabilize growth have gradually emerged. Through the joint efforts of various localities, relevant departments and foreign trade enterprises, the growth rate of import and export rebounded to 9.6% in May, and the foreign trade field showed a recovery growth momentum.
Shu Jueting pointed out that at present and in the future, the development of foreign trade still faces some uncertain and unstable factors. Internationally, the fragile recovery of the world economy has led to sluggish growth in external demand. The latest World Bank report lowered the global economic growth forecast for 2022 to 2.9%, far below the 4.1% expected in January this year. Domestically, foreign trade companies still face problems in cost, supply chain and logistics.
"Although there are some difficulties, there are still many favorable conditions to achieve the goal of maintaining stability and improving the quality of foreign trade this year." Shu Jueting said, first, all regions and departments resolutely implement the central decision-making and deployment, and implement the requirements of efficient and coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. , the normal production and living order will be gradually restored, and the logistics blockage will be gradually opened up, and the advantages of China's foreign trade industry will be further exerted. The second is to support the intensive introduction of policies. The State Council has issued a package of policy measures to stabilize the economy, issued opinions on promoting the stability and quality of foreign trade, and made further arrangements for solving the difficulties of enterprises in resuming work and reaching production capacity, accelerating export tax rebates, and improving port efficiency. Relevant departments in various regions are actively implementing and introducing supporting measures, and the superimposed effects of various supporting policies will be released, which will effectively promote the growth of foreign trade. Third, there are more and more free trade agreement partners, and the role of tax reduction and trade facilitation played by free trade agreements will also play an important role in promoting the development of foreign trade.
Shu Jueting introduced that at the specific promotion level, in order to help enterprises familiarize themselves with and use the RCEP agreement and better enjoy the dividends of regional opening up, the Ministry of Commerce has stepped up efforts to promote the implementation of the "Guiding Opinions on High-Quality Implementation of RCEP". Further promote localities, industries and enterprises to seize the development opportunities of the agreement, coordinate the docking of various fields, promote enterprises to adapt to a more open environment, compete more fully, expand regional and global markets to a greater extent, and promote the continuous release of RCEP dividends.
In addition, the Ministry of Commerce will give full play to the role of the public service platform of the China Free Trade Zone Service Network, do a good job in information release and online consultation, facilitate enterprises to inquire about the preferential treatment of the agreement, understand the business environment of the country, intellectual property services and other rules and information, and provide "One-stop service. At the same time, focus on synergistic efforts to promote the construction of free trade agreement public service platforms by customs, CCPIT and local governments, and provide guidance for enterprises to apply for and enjoy the agreement's tariff concessions and make good use of the agreement's rules.
"In general, we are confident that we will keep foreign trade within a reasonable range throughout the year and make more contributions to stabilizing the macroeconomic market," Shu Jueting said.