According to Xinhua News Agency, in response to recent reports that the number of empty containers in China's ports has increased, Yu Jianhua, director of the General Administration of Customs, said on March 20 that from the latest data of the customs, since late February, China's export container volume has continued to grow。
Yu Jianhua said at the "authoritative department talk opening" series theme press conference held by the State New Office on the same day that the increase of empty containers has the reasons for the excessive volume of new containers in the previous period, the low domestic storage cost, and the short-term return of empty containers after the alleviation of the epidemic situation abroad, and it also has the role of seasonal rules。A large number of empty containers in our port ready for development, to some extent, also reflects the international market is still optimistic about our next stage of export capacity。
"Our overall view is that the start is steady and the trend is positive。Referring to the annual foreign trade situation, Yu Jianhua said that the development of foreign trade is indeed facing many difficulties and challenges, but we must also see the positive and optimistic side。For example, in the first two months, in terms of business entities, the customs new record of foreign trade business entities 4.Sixty thousand;In terms of orders, the proportion of new export orders increased continuously;In terms of new kinetic energy, the total export of electric vehicles, lithium batteries and solar cells increased by 60%。
(Source: International Business Daily)