一是出口继续保持较快增长。8月当月按美元计，全国进出口3670.9亿美元，增长4%。其中，出口2084.6亿美元，增长9.4%；进口1586.3亿美元，下降2.4%；顺差498.3亿美元，扩大77.8%。
二是对美欧及东盟出口较快增长，自日韩美进口回落明显。对美国、欧盟和东盟出口分别增长11.3%、12.8%和12.7%，合计占整体出口的45.3%，拉动出口增长5.4个百分点。对金砖国家出口分化明显，其中对俄罗斯和印度出口分别增长27.6%和23.7%，对南非和巴西出口分别下降0.7%和0.1%。自日本、韩国和美国进口分别下降5.2%、4.6%和2.8%，增速较上月分别回落5.5个、3.3个和9个百分点，合计拖累进口增速1.1个百分点。自欧盟、俄罗斯、东盟、澳大利亚和台湾省进口保持增长，增速分别为4%、3.1%、3%、1.5%和1%。
三是机电及高新技术产品出口增速回落，部分大宗商品进口价格下跌。机电产品出口1120亿美元，增长5.2%，高新技术产品出口538亿美元，下降1%，增速较上月分别回落7.5个和11.5个百分点，其中手机、集成电路和液晶显示板出口分别下降13.9%、13.1%和0.7%，合计拉低高新技术产品出口增速4.5个百分点。纺织品、服装、箱包、鞋类、玩具、家具、塑料制品等七大类劳动密集型产品出口484亿美元，增长12.1%，增速与上月基本持平。铁矿砂、煤、谷物、大豆、成品油、铜矿砂进口价格分别下跌25.9%、19.5%、9.3%、5.1%、4.5%和1.7%，合计拖累进口增速1.9个百分点。部分大宗产品进口量保持增长，其中铜矿砂、谷物、原油、铁矿砂进口量分别增长27.5%、18.8%、17.2%和8.8%。
四是加工贸易出口再度下滑，一般贸易进口降幅加深。加工贸易出口726亿美元，下降0.4%，时隔三个月再度出现负增长，增速较上月回落11.3个百分点。加工贸易进口428亿美元，增长3.6%，增速较上月分别加快1个百分点。一般贸易出口1114亿美元，增长14.3%；进口882亿美元，下降7.3%，降幅较上月加深4.1个百分点，拉低整体进口增速4.3个百分点。其他贸易进出口521亿美元，增长12.6%。
五是中西部地区保持较快增长，东部地区占比下降。中部地区进出口270亿美元，西部地区进出口294亿美元，分别增长13.9%和28.3%。东部地区进出口3107亿美元，增长1.2%，增速较上月回落4.1个百分点，占全国进出口总额的比重下降2.1个百分点。（中国进出口网摘自商务部网站）
According to Customs figures, China’s total import and export in January-July reached 14.72 trillion yuan, up 0.2% year on year (the same below). Export was 7.82 trillion yuan, up 1.1%, and import 6.9 trillion yuan, down 0.8%. Trade surplus was 924.9 billion yuan, an increase of 18%. In terms of U.S. dollars, total import and export stood at US$2.4 trillion in January-July, up 2%. Export was US$1.28trillion, up 3%, and import US$1.12 trillion, up 1%. Trade surplus was US$150.56 billion, an increase of 20.9%. The main characteristics of foreign trade in July are as follows:
1. import and export grew rapidly, with a double digit rate of growth in export. In terms of US dollars, China’s import and export in July reached US$ 378.5 billion, up 6.9%, 0.5 percentage points higher than that of June. Among that, export reached US$ 212.9 billion, up 14.5%, hitting a new monthly record and exceeding 10% for the first time since February; and import US$ 165.6 billion, down 1.6%. Trade surplus was US$ 47.3 billion, up 16.8%.
2. Trade with developed markets remained increasing, and trade with Hong Kong grew rapidly. In July, trade with the EU and the U.S. increased 13.5%and10.5%, respectively, 0.1 and 5.7 percentage points higher than that of June; trade with Japan increased 1.3%, 1.9 percentage points slower than that of June. Trade with Hong Kong further increased, with the growth rate up to 11.4% from 5.8% in June. Trade with emerging entities all kept growth, among which, trade with ASEAN, Russia, India and South Africa was up 8.5%, 8%, 9.1% and 15.1% respectively; and trade with Brazil was down 4.8%.
3. Exports of mechanical and electrical products and high-tech products realized a double digit growth. In July, exports of mechanical and electrical products and high-tech products registered US$115.8 billion and US$56.29 billion, up 12.6% and 10.4%, respectively, 7.5 and 7.1 percentage points higher than that of June. The export of textiles, clothing, bags & suitcases, footwear, toys, furniture and plastic products was US$48.36 billion, up 12.1%, 6.4 percentage points lower than that of June.
4. import of conventional trade decreased and export of processing trade grew rapidly. In July, China’ s import and export of conventional trade totaled US$207.86 billion, up 6.4%, among which, export was up 16.1% but the import down 3.2%. The import and export of processing trade totaled US$118.07 billion, up 7.7%. Among that, the export was up 10.9%, 9.9 percentage points higher than that of June, and the import remained a growth of 2.5%.
5. Exports of private enterprises enjoyed a rapid growth while imports of state-owned enterprises decreased largely. In July, exports of private enterprises realized a growth of 23.7%, 8.1 percentage points higher than that of June, raising the grwoth of the country’s total exports by 9.9 percentage points. imports by state-owned enterprises went down 7.7%, 5.5 percentage points higher than that of June, declining for three consecutive months.
