China's import and export of agricultural products in the first half of 2005

Introduction: in the first half of this year, China's export of agricultural products increased and import decreased, and the trade deficit of agricultural products fell sharply compared with the same period of last year In the first half of this year, China's import and export of agricultural products totaled 26.42 billion US dollars, up 5.8% year on year Among them, the export volume was US $13.06 billion, up 22.9% year on year; the import volume was US $13.36 billion, down 6.9% year on year The trade deficit of agricultural products fell to US $300 million from US $3.73 billion in the same period of last year 1 The export of grain (excluding soybean) increased significantly, showing a net export pattern In the first half of this year, China's export of grain was 5.733 million tons, an increase of 69.7% year-on-year; the import of grain was 4.363 million tons, an increase of 6.0% year-on-year; the net import of grain changed from 736000 tons in the same period of last year to 1.37 million tons of net export The main reason is the substantial increase of corn export Rice products: in the first half of the year, 409000 tons were exported, down 45.1% year on year; 224000 tons were imported, down 40.4% year on year; 185000 tons were net exported, down 49.9% year on year Corn products: in the first half of the year, 4.932 million tons were exported, a year-on-year increase of 2.0 times; imports (465.7 tons) were few; net exports were 4.932 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.0 times Wheat products: in the first half of the year, the export was 264000 tons, down 62.2% year on year; the import was 2767000 tons, up 1.5% year on year; the net import was 2.502 million tons, up 23.4% year on year Barley products: imported 1.357 million tons in the first half of the year, up 35.3% year on year 2 The import and export of edible oil seeds increased, the export of edible vegetable oil increased and the import decreased: in the first half of the year, the export of edible oil seeds was 806000 tons, an increase of 31.0% year on year; the import of edible oil seeds was 12209000 tons, an increase of 31.6% year on year Among them, the export of soybeans was 263000 tons, an increase of 26.9% year on year; the import of soybeans was 12.014 million tons, an increase of 34.4% year on year Edible vegetable oil: in the first half of the year, 70000 tons were exported, up 1.4 times year-on-year; 2.908 million tons were imported, down 13.3% year-on-year Among them, the export of soybean oil was 12000 tons, up 28.5% year on year; the import of soybean oil was 801000 tons, down 41.9% year on year The export of rapeseed oil was 3000 tons, up 17.9% year on year; the import was 132000 tons, down 40.0% year on year Palm oil imports were 1.97 million tons, up 14.1% year on year The main reason for the decline in the import of edible vegetable oil is that there is a high stock in China, and the price of imported vegetable oil has no competitive advantage 3 The import of cotton and sugar decreased; the export of vegetables and fruits increased; the export of cotton in the first half of the year was 3646.8 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 34.7%; the import of cotton was 847000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 43.7% Although the total cotton output of this year has reached a record high, it is still short of production and demand, and the cotton import volume will continue to increase later this year Sugar: in the first half of the year, 82000 tons of sugar were exported, a year-on-year increase of 1.4 times; 579000 tons of sugar were imported, a year-on-year decrease of 11.4% As the domestic sugar production is still insufficient in this pressing season, the amount of imported sugar in the later stage will continue to increase Vegetables: in the first half of the year, the export volume was 3.207 million tons, up 21.7% year on year, the export volume was 2.06 billion US dollars, up 21.7% year on year; the import volume was 49000 tons, down 5.8% year on year, and the import volume was 41 million US dollars, down 4.8% year on year Fruits: in the first half of the year, the export volume was 1.786 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 22.1%, the export volume was US $980 million, a year-on-year increase of 26.8%; the import volume was 594000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%, and the import volume was US $350 million, a year-on-year increase of 17.2% IV The import and export of livestock products and aquatic products increased; the trade deficit of livestock products narrowed, and the trade surplus of aquatic products Expanded: in the first half of the year, the export volume was US $1.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 23.7%; the import volume was US $2.06 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%; the trade deficit was US $360 million, a year-on-year decrease of 42.0% Among them, the export of pig products was US $470 million, up 15.4% year on year; the import was US $90 million, down 23.5% year on year The export of poultry products was US $410 million, up 82.6% year on year; the import was US $140 million, up 29.4% year on year Aquatic products: in the first half of the year, the export volume was 3.6 billion US dollars, up 21.8% year on year; the import volume was 1.92 billion US dollars, up 44.7% year on year; the trade surplus was 1.68 billion US dollars, up 13.4 times year on year 5 In the first half of the year, Shandong Province ranked first in the import and export trade of agricultural products in China In the first half of the year, the export volume of Shandong Province was 3.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 26.2% year on year In the second half, Guangdong Province was 1.53 billion US dollars, an increase of 5.1% year on year In the third half, Zhejiang Province was 1.26 billion US dollars, an increase of 21.5% year on year In the first half of the year, Shandong Province ranked first in terms of import volume, with a year-on-year increase of 1.0% to US $2.62 billion; Guangdong Province ranked second, with a year-on-year decrease of 12.5% to US $2.2 billion; Jiangsu Province ranked third, with a year-on-year increase of 0.8% to US $2.18 billion 6 Asia is still China's largest export market for agricultural products, and its market share has decreased; its export market share to Europe and South America has increased, while its export to Asia has increased and its import has declined Asia is the largest export market of agricultural products in China In the first half of the year, exports to Asia reached 8.7 billion US dollars, up 20.8% year on year, accounting for 66.6% of China's total agricultural exports, down 1.2 percentage points Among them, the top five countries and regions in terms of export volume are Japan's US $3.91 billion, South Korea's US $1.44 billion, Hong Kong's US $1.31 billion, Malaysia's US $300 million and Indonesia's US $200 million In the first half of the year, Asia was the third largest import market of agricultural products in China Imports from Asia amounted to US $2.59 billion, down 5.7% year on year, accounting for 19.4% of China's total imports of agricultural products, down 0.2 percentage points Both import and export to Europe increased Europe is the second largest export market of China's agricultural products In the first half of the year, exports to Europe amounted to 2.2 billion US dollars, an increase of 40.7% year-on-year (including 1.69 billion US dollars, an increase of 39.6% year-on-year), accounting for 16.8% of China's agricultural products export market, an increase of 2.1 percentage points Among them, the top five export countries are: Germany $470 million, Russia $360 million, the Netherlands $270 million, the United Kingdom $190 million, Spain $170 million In the first half of the year, Europe was China's fourth largest import market, with imports from Europe of US $1.64 billion, an increase of 37.6% year on year, accounting for 12.2% of China's agricultural product import market, an increase of 3.9 percentage points Exports to North and South America increased North America is the third largest export market of agricultural products in China In the first half of the year, exports to North America reached 1.49 billion US dollars, an increase of 19.5% year on year, accounting for 11.4% of China's export market of agricultural products, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points Among them, exports to the United States reached US $1.33 billion, up 18.9% year-on-year; exports to Canada reached US $160 million, up 24.9% The export to South America was US $200 million, up 42.3% year on year, accounting for 1.5% of China's agricultural export market, up 0.2 percentage points North America and South America are China's first and second largest import markets respectively In the first half of the year, North America and South America were the first and second largest import markets of China Imports from North America and South America were 4.41 billion US dollars and 2.78 billion US dollars, respectively, up - 22.0% and 9.2% year on year, respectively, accounting for 33.0% and 20.8% of China's agricultural product import market, up - 6.4% and 3.1% respectively Among them, US $3.72 billion, US $1.06 billion, US $1.01 billion and US $690 million were imported from the United States, Brazil, Argentina and Canada, with an increase of - 25.1%, - 8.5%, 6.4% and 1.0% respectively 7 Export growth and import decline of general trade mode and import processing mode; China's agricultural products trade is mainly based on general trade mode In the first half of the year, the export of general trade mode reached US $9.96 billion, a year-on-year increase of 23.6%, accounting for 76.2% of the total export value of agricultural products; the export of import processing mode reached US $2.12 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16.9%, accounting for 16.2% of the total export value of agricultural products; the export of border small trade mode reached US $240 million, a year-on-year increase of 26.5%, accounting for 1.8% of the total export value of agricultural products In the first half of the year, imports of general trade mode reached US $9.55 billion, down 9.6% year-on-year, accounting for 71.5% of the total value of agricultural products imports; imports of material processing mode reached US $2.01 billion, down 5.9% year-on-year, accounting for 15.0% of the total value of agricultural products imports The border small trade mode imports US $100 million, down 16.2% year-on-year, accounting for 0.7% of the total import value of agricultural products Note: 1 Rice products: including rice, rice flour, rice and seed rice 2 Corn products: including corn, corn flour, other processed corn and Seed Corn 3 Wheat products: including wheat, wheat flour and seed wheat 4 Barley products: including barley, processed barley and seed barley