云南省商务厅

On August 20th, it was learned from the General Administration of Customs that in the first seven months of this year, China's import and export volume to other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization reached 2.11 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3%, and the scale reached a historical high for the same period. In July, China's imports and exports to other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization amounted to 326.05 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%, with both the scale and growth rate reaching a new high for the year. Among them, exports amounted to 219.04 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%; Imports amounted to 107.01 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3%.

Since the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2001, China has continuously expanded and deepened its cooperation with other member states in various fields, and the potential for trade in agricultural products between regions has been continuously released, which is one of the achievements. It is reported that in the first seven months, China's exports of agricultural machinery and pesticide formulations to other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization increased by 47.8% and 30.3% year-on-year, respectively; Imports of agricultural products from other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization increased by 6.2% year-on-year, with frozen fish, rapeseed oil and mustard oil, dried and fresh fruits and nuts, and rice imports increasing by 20.4%, 33.6%, 44%, and 412.1% respectively.

On August 15th, in the production workshop of John Deere (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., a batch of new wheeled tractors were intensively undergoing final performance tests. After meeting the factory standards, these new wheeled tractors will be shipped to Mongolia.

At present, our company's products have been exported to multiple countries such as Mongolia and Cambodia, and we are actively seeking cooperation with countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan, striving to continuously expand our market share in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Zhang Zhe, the export specialist of John Deere (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., told reporters that as an old processing and trade enterprise in Tianjin Economic Development Zone, John Deere's strength in crawler excavators, front shovel loaders, and wheeled tractors has opened up more markets in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization countries.

During the season of fragrant wheat ears, like John Deere, other agricultural machinery companies are accelerating their efforts to harvest in the SCO market. It is reported that from January to July this year, Tianjin Port exported agricultural machinery worth about 800 million yuan to SCO countries, a year-on-year increase of 61.6%.

With the deepening and implementation of cooperation among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China Europe freight trains, TIR international road transportation, and air cargo have established interconnected "economic and trade hotlines". According to customs statistics, in the first seven months, China imported and exported 677.4 billion yuan and 2510.1 billion yuan respectively to other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization through land and air transportation, with year-on-year growth of 7.4% and 44.6%, respectively, and the proportion increased to 32.1% and 11.9%, respectively.

Recently, a batch of radiators and accessories for centralized heating from Tianjin Jiuding Sunshine HVAC Co., Ltd. were transported to Kazakhstan via the China Europe freight train. These steel radiators marked "Adapting to the Cold Climate in Central Asia" are not only the new achievements of Tianjin heating equipment enterprises in their efforts to tap into the Shanghe market, but also the brilliant brilliance of Made in China in the countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road".

In response to the low temperature environment below -20 ℃ in winter in Central Asia, as well as the characteristics of long heating time and high heating pressure, our company has improved the overall structure of the radiator to alleviate high water pressure, resulting in a 20% increase in product heat dissipation compared to ordinary products, "said Lu Nan, Customer Manager of Tianjin Jiuding Sunshine HVAC Co., Ltd.

As a strong traditional manufacturing city in the north, Tianjin's centralized heating equipment industry has already formed a complete industrial chain from raw material processing to accessory production, relying on decades of technological accumulation and cost advantages. In recent years, with the deepening and implementation of the "the Belt and Road" initiative, the infrastructure construction of SCO countries has accelerated, and the demand for efficient and durable heating equipment in Central Asia, South Asia and other regions continues to release, providing new opportunities for relevant enterprises to go to sea.

In the first seven months, Tianjin exported radiators and their parts for central heating to member states, observer states, and dialogue partners of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, with a total value of 19.5011 million yuan, a significant increase of 71.0% year-on-year.

Tianjin Customs accurately matches industrial needs with the "combination punch" service: establishes a "key enterprise liaison special team", conducts in-depth research on key export enterprises such as Jiuding Sunshine, sorts out key information such as national technical regulations and certification standards, and regularly pushes them to enterprises; Compress the average customs clearance time to within 2 hours, and provide personalized classification guidance for "small and scattered" products such as radiator accessories to avoid export impact due to declaration errors; At the same time, guide enterprises to use smart platforms such as the "Tianjin RCEP Tariff Policy Query Public Service Platform" to understand the preferential tariff rates and rules of origin of different countries, and help enterprises fully enjoy the benefits of enterprise policies.

In 2024, China's imports and exports to other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization will reach 3.65 trillion yuan, which is 36.3 times the amount at the beginning of its establishment. As a barometer and indicator of China's trade development with other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the China Trade Index compiled by the General Administration of Customs has rapidly climbed from a base value of 100 points in 2017 to 159.8 points in July this year.

The secondary indicators such as total trade volume, trade structure, enterprise activity, and enterprise participation under this index have reached 247.8, 222.2, 255.1, and 179.3 points respectively, reflecting that China's imports and exports to other member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization have both increased in quantity and quality, and have strong vitality, "said the relevant person in charge of the General Administration of Customs.