In 2013, China has become the world’s largest trader in goods. In 2013, China's total import and export of goods was US$4.16 trillion, of which exports were US$2.21 trillion and imports were US$1.95 trillion. A trading country is both an exporting and importing country. In the case of export declaration, the trading country is the exporting country; in the case of import declaration, it is the importing country. Trading countries refer to the imported goods and exported goods of a country. They are grouped and counted according to the implementation of the agreement (contract) signed by the trading parties. For example, country A purchases goods from country B, or country A sells goods to country B. The two countries will We call each other trading countries, and grouping statistics on trading countries can reflect my country's foreign trade relations and the implementation of foreign trade policies. If the trading country and the country of destination are inconsistent, you can collect foreign exchange. The country of destination (region) fills in the country where the export goods arrived directly after leaving the customs territory of the trading country or the country where the export goods arrived last without any commercial transactions in the transit country (region). (area). There may be inconsistencies. Just follow the correct procedures for customs declaration and issuance of invoices. It is recommended to contact the competent foreign exchange bureau for further confirmation whether there will be any impact on foreign exchange collection.

Data previously released by the General Administration of Customs show that in 2013, my country’s total import and export value was 25.83 trillion yuan (equivalent to 4.16 trillion U.S. dollars), a year-on-year increase of 7.6% after excluding exchange rate factors. , an increase of 1.4 percentage points from 2012, and the annual total import and export value exceeded the US$4 trillion mark for the first time. Among them, exports were 13.72 trillion yuan (equivalent to 2.21 trillion U.S. dollars), an increase of 7.9%; imports were 12.11 trillion yuan (equivalent to 1.95 trillion U.S. dollars), an increase of 7.3%; the trade surplus was 1.61 trillion yuan (equivalent to 259.75 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 12.8% %.

According to data previously released by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the total import and export volume of U.S. trade in goods in 2013 was US$3.91 trillion, which means that my country leads the United States by approximately US$250 billion, becoming the world's largest Goods trading country. It took China 35 years to go from ranking 32nd in the world in 1978 to becoming the world's largest trader of goods in 2013.

A careful analysis of my country’s goods trade data in 2013 reveals many differences. Trading partners have become more diversified, the share of traditional markets such as Europe, the United States and Japan has declined, and emerging markets such as ASEAN have become new growth points. In 2013, Europe, the United States and Japan accounted for 33.5% of China’s total foreign trade, a year-on-year decrease of 1.7 percentage points. During the same period, my country’s trade with ASEAN, South Africa, and The bilateral trade volume of emerging market countries such as the five Central Asian countries increased by 10.9%, 8.6%, and 9.4% respectively; the trade regional layout became more coordinated. In 2013, the seven central and western provinces of Chongqing, Henan, Anhui, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Guizhou The city's foreign trade growth rate is above 15%, with total import and export accounting for 5.7% of the total import value, an increase of 0.6 percentage points from the previous year; the main structure of foreign trade has become more reasonable, the proportion of private enterprises has increased, and the reliance on foreign-funded enterprises has been reduced. In 2013, the import and export of private enterprises was US$1.39 trillion, an increase of 20.6%, which was 13 percentage points faster than the overall growth rate of my country's foreign trade in the same period, accounting for 33.3% of the total import and export value, an increase of 3.6 percentage points. During the same period, the import and export of foreign-invested enterprises was US$1.92 trillion, an increase of 1.3%, accounting for 46.1%, a decrease of 2.9 percentage points. The ability of independent development of foreign trade has been continuously enhanced, the proportion of general trade has increased, and the proportion of processing trade has decreased. In 2013, my country's general trade import and export, which has a long industrial chain and a high value-added rate, was US$2.2 trillion, an increase of 9.3%, accounting for 52.8% of my country's total import and export value during the same period, an increase of 0.8 percentage points.

“These characteristics all reflect the progress in the quality and efficiency of my country’s foreign trade development.” Zheng Yuesheng, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs, said that my country has become the world’s largest trade in goods. The process of becoming a great nation is accompanied by the continuous optimization of my country's trade structure. It still takes hard work to transform a big country into a powerful country. Although my country has become the first developing country to win the world trade in goods championship, it still needs to continue to work hard to become a trading power.