突围，向好！回看逐月回升外贸数据多维度透视外贸运行亮点

Core Viewpoint - China's goods trade imports and exports maintained a growth trend, with a year-on-year increase of 2.5% in the first five months of 2025, reflecting resilience amid external pressures [2][3][17]. Trade Performance - The total value of China's goods trade in the first five months reached 17.94 trillion yuan, with May's imports and exports amounting to 3.81 trillion yuan, a growth of 2.7% [3][20]. - In May, exports were 2.28 trillion yuan, showing a growth of 6.3%, with significant increases in exports to ASEAN (16.9%), EU (13.7%), Africa (35.3%), and Central Asia (8.8%) [5][20]. Sector Analysis - Equipment manufacturing products exported in the first five months totaled 6.22 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%, accounting for 58.3% of total exports. Notable growth was seen in electric vehicles (19%), construction machinery (10.7%), ships (18.9%), and industrial robots (55.4%) [10]. - The central region's imports and exports grew by 11.1% in the first five months, significantly outpacing the national average by 8.6 percentage points, with a total of 1.5 trillion yuan [12][14]. Foreign Trade Dynamics - Foreign-funded enterprises' imports and exports reached 5.21 trillion yuan in the first five months, making up nearly 30% of the total trade value [21][23]. - The number of foreign-funded enterprises with import and export performance exceeded 73,000, marking a five-year high for the same period, indicating China's commitment to high-level opening-up [26]. Government Initiatives - The government is actively responding to the complex foreign trade environment through institutional innovation, customs facilitation, and market expansion, including a five-month cross-border trade facilitation initiative involving 20 departments [30]. - Local governments are implementing tailored measures, such as Guangdong's "Yue Trade Global" and Sichuan's "Chuan Xing Tian Xia," to complement national policies and foster a vibrant foreign trade atmosphere [31].