海关总署：7月份我国出口同比增长8% 前7个月铁矿砂、原油等大宗商品进口价格下跌

Core Insights - China's goods trade maintained a positive trend in the first seven months of the year, with a total import and export value of 25.7 trillion yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.5%, accelerating by 0.6 percentage points compared to the first half of the year [1] Trade Performance - Exports in July reached 2.31 trillion yuan, growing by 8%, while imports totaled 1.6 trillion yuan, increasing by 4.8% [1] - The trade surplus for July was recorded at 98.24 billion USD [1] Regional Trade Growth - Imports and exports to ASEAN, EU, Africa, and Central Asia grew by 9.4%, 3.9%, 17.2%, and 16.3% respectively [1] Commodity Import Trends - Iron ore imports decreased by 2.3% to 697 million tons, with an average price drop of 15% [1] - Crude oil imports increased by 2.8% to 327 million tons, with an average price decline of 12.7% [1] - Coal imports fell by 13% to 257 million tons, with an average price decrease of 24% [1] - Natural gas imports decreased by 6.9% to 7.014 million tons, with an average price drop of 6.7% [1] - Soybean imports rose by 4.6% to 61.035 million tons, with an average price decline of 12.5% [1] - Finished oil imports decreased by 16.6% to 23.391 million tons, with an average price drop of 4% [1] - Primary plastic imports fell by 5% to 15.923 million tons, with an average price decrease of 0.5% [1] - Copper and copper products imports decreased by 2.6% to 3.113 million tons, with an average price increase of 4.9% [1] - Electromechanical product imports grew by 5.8% to 4.09 trillion yuan [1]