Dalian-USA Exp & Imp Trade Up in Jan-May 2017

For January-May this year, Dalian Customs District posted its USA trade value totaling CNY 30.23 billion, up 20.2% year-on-year (YOY). Therein, export value was 15.48 billion yuan, an increase of 11.9%, and import value 14.75 billion yuan, an increase of 30.4%, getting trade surplus 730 million yuan.

For May alone, Dalian-USA export-import value totaled 5.45 billion yuan, up 7.3% YOY, down 6.1% from April. Therein, export value 3.04 billion yuan, up 7.9% YOY, down 1.2% from April; import value 2.41 billion yuan, up 6.6% YOY, down 13.9% from April.

In the first five months, Dalian exported 7.89 billion yuan worth of goods by ordinary trade mode, up 6.9% YOY, accounting for 51% of the total export; exported 6.53 billion yuan worth by processing trade mode, up 11.9% YOY, accounting for 42.2%; exported 1.04 billion yuan worth under Customs special control, up 75.2% YOY, accounting for 6.7%. Meanwhile, Dalian imported 8.56 billion yuan worth of goods by ordinary trade, up 21.6% YOY, accounting for 58.1% of the total import; imported 5.11 billion yuan worth under Customs special control, up 57.4 times YOY, accounting for 34.7%; imported 1.03 billion yuan worth by processing trade, up 6% YOY, accounting for 7%.