上半年广西外贸持续增长

Group 1 - Guangxi's foreign trade maintained a strong growth momentum in the first half of the year, with total imports and exports reaching 387.15 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13%, outpacing the national growth rate by 10.1 percentage points [1] - The development of export-oriented industries has reached a new level, with significant support from supply chain service platforms, leading to exports of electromechanical products and labor-intensive products growing by 29.4% and 4.5% respectively [1] - The import of bulk commodities amounted to 90.23 billion yuan, an increase of 2.4%, accounting for 59.2% of Guangxi's total imports during the same period [1] Group 2 - The performance of production-oriented enterprises in foreign trade was notable, with imports and exports totaling 129.94 billion yuan, a growth of 16.5%, exceeding the overall foreign trade growth rate by 3.5 percentage points [2] - Industries such as non-ferrous metals, equipment manufacturing, paper making, and agricultural products processing saw import and export growth rates exceeding 20% [2] - The optimization of the business environment has invigorated foreign trade, with measures such as simplified export tax refund processes significantly reducing approval times to an average of one working day [2] Group 3 - In the first half of the year, Guangxi's trade with ASEAN reached 206.08 billion yuan, a growth of 11.9%, accounting for 53.2% of Guangxi's total foreign trade [3] - Trade with Vietnam specifically amounted to 149.88 billion yuan, increasing by 4.3% [3] - Border small-scale trade and border residents' mutual market trade reached 43.78 billion yuan and 12.3 billion yuan respectively [3]