On October 22, the Harbin Customs released a report revealing that from January to September 2024, the total value of goods trade in Heilongjiang Province reached 234.8 billion yuan, setting a record for the same period in history with a year-on-year growth of 7.6%, placing it 16th in growth rate nationwide. Notably, exports accounted for 61.21 billion yuan, marking an increase of 13.3%, while imports totaled 173.59 billion yuan with a growth rate of 5.7%.
Customs officials conducted spot checks on imported coal during this period. According to statistics from the Harbin Customs, the general trade value in Heilongjiang for the first three quarters was 197.81 billion yuan, reflecting a 7.1% increase and comprising 84.2% of the province’s total foreign trade value. State-owned enterprises reported an import and export value of 147.12 billion yuan, which was a notable 15.8% rise, significantly outpacing the overall growth by 8.2 percentage points, and making up 62.7% of the province’s foreign trade total. In contrast, private enterprises reported a drop of 4.9% in their import and export value to 78.46 billion yuan, accounting for 33.4% of the total. Foreign-invested enterprises slightly decreased by 0.2% to 7.98 billion yuan, representing 3.4% of the province’s foreign trade.
During the first three quarters, Heilongjiang’s trade with countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative amounted to 203.72 billion yuan, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 10.5%, which was 2.9 percentage points above the overall growth rate. This segment constituted 86.8% of the province’s foreign trade total, up 2.3 percentage points from last year. Furthermore, trade with the other nine BRICS nations reached 186.33 billion yuan, increasing by 13.4% year-on-year and surpassing the overall growth rate by 5.8 percentage points, contributing 79.4% to the province’s foreign trade total, an increase of 4.1 percentage points.
In terms of exports over the same period, Heilongjiang Province saw a significant surge in electromechanical products, amounting to 28.43 billion yuan, which represented a remarkable increase of 35.9% and constituted 46.4% of the total export value, up 7.7 percentage points compared to last year. Individual product categories such as passenger cars, mobile phones, and automatic data processing equipment witnessed remarkable growth rates of 106.1%, 402%, and 143.3%, respectively. Meanwhile, labor-intensive products exported totaled 11.73 billion yuan, marking an 8.3% increase and accounting for 19.2% of the total export value, with clothing and accessories, furniture and its parts, and plastic products experiencing growth rates of 23.3%, 43.4%, and 18.6%, respectively.
Heilongjiang’s imports of major commodities increased by 11.7% year-on-year, including energy products like crude oil, natural gas, and coal, which totaled 46.91 million tons, reflecting a 14.9% increase. Additionally, the import volume of metal ores such as iron and aluminum amounted to 10.13 million tons, increasing by 12.3%.
