In the first three quarters, China’s exports of plastic products reached 194.1 billion yuan, up 15.2% year-on-year.

In September, exports of plastic products reached 21.95 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1% year-on-year.

In the first three quarters, China exported 8.584 million tons of plastic products , a year-on-year increase of 12.7%; the export value was 194.13 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.2%.

In September, exports were 964,000 tons, up 12.1% year-on-year; the export value was 21.95 billion yuan, up 8.1% year-on-year.

In September, imports of primary shape plastics reached 29.88 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37.7%.

In the first three quarters, China imported 21.117 million tons of primary-shaped plastics, up 12.9% year-on-year; the import value was 242.15 billion yuan, up 23.8% year-on-year. The average import price was 115,000 yuan per ton, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%.

In September, imports were 2.671 million tons, up 13.8% year-on-year; the import value was 29.88 billion yuan, up 37.7% year-on-year.

September China's foreign trade export leading index 41.8 fell by 0.1% from the previous month

China's foreign trade export leading index fell slightly, and the export manager confidence index increased. In September, China’s foreign trade export pilot index was 41.8, down 0.1 from last month. Among them, according to the online questionnaire data, in the month, China's export manager index was 43.9, down 0.8 from last month; export manager confidence index rose 0.2 to 51.1, and the new export order index and export enterprise comprehensive cost index fell 0.7, respectively. 2.7 to 47.1, 19.9.

In September, China's manufacturing PMI index was 52.4, reaching its highest point since May 2012. Domestic demand is relatively strong, and will continue to drive import growth in energy resources and mechanical and electrical products.

Expert analysis

In the first three quarters of 2017, China's imports and exports to the EU, the US and Japan increased by 16.4%, 18.7% and 14.9% respectively, which together accounted for 36.8% of China's total import and export value. During the same period, China's imports and exports to Russia, Poland and Kazakhstan increased by 27.7%, 24.8% and 41.1% respectively.

The growth rate of imports and exports in the central and western and northeastern provinces is higher than that of China. In the first three quarters, the overall growth rate of foreign trade in 18 provinces and cities in the central and western regions was 24.7%, exceeding the overall growth rate of China by 8.1 percentage points; the overall growth rate of foreign trade in the three northeastern provinces was 18.5%, exceeding the overall growth rate of China by 1.9 percentage points; The overall growth rate was 15.3%. Regional development is more coordinated.

Electromechanical products and traditional labor-intensive products are still the main exporters. In the first three quarters, China's exports of mechanical and electrical products reached 6.41 trillion yuan, an increase of 13%, accounting for 57.5% of China's total export value. Among them, automobile exports increased by 28.5%, ship exports increased by 12.2%, mobile phone exports increased by 10%, medical instruments and devices increased by 10.8%, which indicates that Chinese enterprises' independent innovation capability has gradually increased, and new international competition advantages have gradually emerged.