recently, the general administration of customs of the people’s republic of china announced the export value of furniture in august this year, and the cumulative import and export data from january to august.
data show that the export value of furniture and its parts in august was 37.57 billion yuan, n 4.2% from july (july furniture the export value of furniture and its parts is: 39.21 billion yuan); the cumulative export value from january to august was 234.39 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.6%. this is the first time that furniture exports have achieved positive year-on-year growth in 2020.
1-8in january, my country’s textile exports were 737.55 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37.8 %. the export value of lamps and lanterns was 151.02 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%; the export value of ceramics was 84.05 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.8%.
furniture, lamps, lighting devices and parts, ceramic products and textile products, etc. the cumulative export value of related products in the four industries was 1.22 trillion yuan, compared with january-july cumulative data increased by 17.7%.
recently, the upstream raw materials of furniture have skyrocketed. ether and tdi both maintained at historically high levels, resulting in a strong atmosphere for price increases in the home furnishing market.
from the perspective of the macro environment, in the first eight months of this year, the total value of my country’s import and export of goods trade was 20.05 trillion yuan, a decrease of 0.6% over the same period last year. it narrowed by 1.1 percentage points in the first seven months. among them, the export value was 11.05 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.8%; the import value was 9 trillion yuan, a decrease of 2.3%; the trade surplus was 2.05 trillion yuan, an increase of 17.2%.
imports and exports to asean, the european union and japan showed a growth trend, while imports and exports to the united states dropped slightly. according to the data of the first 8 months, the total trade value between my country and asean was 2.93 trillion yuan, an increase of 7%, accounting for 14.6% of my country’s total foreign trade value. asean has become my country’s largest trading partner, forming a mutual relationship between china and asean. good pattern of the largest trading partner. the total value of trade with the eu is 2.81 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.4%, accounting for 14% of the total value of foreign trade, becoming my country’s second largest trading partner. the united states is my country’s third largest trading partner, and the total trade value between china and the united states was 2.42 trillion yuan, a decrease of 0.4%.
7the foreign trade export performance in august and august exceeded it is expected that with the acceleration of overseas resumption of work and production, the external demand situation is expected to be further restored. in addition, september and october are the traditional peak seasons of the home furnishing market. it is believed that both the export and domestic consumption markets are expected to stabilize in the positive growth range.
