According to customs statistics, in the first two months of 2025, the total import and export value of Qinghai Province was 1.17 billion yuan, an increase of 75.3% compared to the same period last year, ranking first in the country in terms of growth rate and 76.5 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate. Among them, exports amounted to 1 billion yuan, an increase of 1.7 times; Imports amounted to 170 million yuan, a decrease of 42.1%; The trade surplus is 830 million yuan. It mainly presents the following 7 characteristics:

一、 The strong growth of import and export of private enterprises has significantly boosted the growth of foreign trade in the province

Private enterprises continue to play an important role in actively promoting the high-quality development of Qinghai's open economy, and their position as the main body of foreign trade has become increasingly prominent. In the first two months of this year, the import and export of private enterprises in the province reached 1.01 billion yuan, an increase of 1.6 times, accounting for 86.5% of the province's total foreign trade value, an increase of 29.2 percentage points compared to last year, and driving the growth of the province's foreign trade import and export by 93.7 percentage points.

二、 Jointly build high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road", and the international trade partners make progress in multiple ways

Our province has continuously expanded and co built the trade scale of the "the Belt and Road" countries. In the first two months of this year, import and export to relevant countries reached 950 million yuan, an increase of 91.7%, accounting for 81.2% of the province's total foreign trade value. International trading partners are becoming more diversified, with the top five trading partners being the European Union, ASEAN, Russia, Democratic Republic of Congo, and New Zealand, with a total import and export value of 930 million yuan, accounting for 79.4% of the province's total foreign trade value. Among them, imports and exports to the European Union amounted to 490 million yuan, an increase of 5.1 times; ASEAN imports and exports amounted to 280 million yuan, a 2.5-fold increase; Russia's imports and exports amounted to 88.359 million yuan, an increase of 2.7 times; The Democratic Republic of Congo imported and exported 41.383 million yuan, with no imports or exports during the same period last year, replacing South Korea as the fourth largest trading partner of our province; New Zealand's import and export amounted to 31.492 million yuan, an increase of 2.2 times, replacing Hong Kong, China as the fifth largest trading partner of our province. ?

三、 The export of lithium batteries and polycrystalline silicon is growing rapidly, and the import and export of new energy related products continues to grow significantly

With the acceleration of global green energy transformation and the continuous expansion of international market demand for new energy products, related industries are facing new opportunities for development. Our province actively leverages the advantages of raw material production areas and manufacturing bases, optimizes the layout of the new energy industry chain, and seizes export opportunities. In the first two months of this year, the export of new energy products grew rapidly, with lithium battery exports reaching 320 million yuan, an increase of 35.6 times, accounting for 32.4% of the province's total export value, ranking first in the country in terms of growth rate, and maintaining growth for eight consecutive months. The export of polycrystalline silicon intermediate products reached 170 million yuan, an increase of 2.7 times, accounting for 67.4% of the country's similar export commodities, ranking first in the country, and maintaining growth for three consecutive months. During the same period, the import of polycrystalline silicon raw materials reached 45.63 million yuan, a six fold increase, ranking first in the country in terms of growth rate.

四、 The development of salt lake industry improves quality and efficiency, and the export performance of salt lake chemical products is impressive

Based on the advantage of salt lake resources, our province is taking the lead in promoting industrial upgrading and technological innovation, and accelerating the construction of a world-class salt lake industrial base. In the first two months of this year, the export of salt lake industry related commodities reached 160 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.3 times. Among them, the export of polyvinyl chloride was 58.158 million yuan, an increase of 10.8 times; Magnesium oxide exports amounted to 41.383 million yuan, an increase of 1571.2 times; The export of sodium carbonate was 38.611 million yuan, an increase of 1.4 times.

五、 The "dual cooling" products are popular overseas, and the volume growth rate has doubled

Our province is vigorously promoting the construction of a 10000 ton "double cold" agricultural product export industry cluster for cold water fish and cold vegetables, forging a "hot industry" with "cold resources" and empowering "double cold" products to sell well overseas. In the first two months of this year, the export of "double cold" products was strong, achieving a good start. The export of cold water fish (trout) was 1062.6 tons and 68.716 million yuan, an increase of 2.1 times and 2.4 times respectively, accounting for 74.8% of the country's total export value, and the volume and value continued to rank first in the country; The export of plateau cold vegetables reached 1140.1 tons and 5.044 million yuan, an increase of 3.8 times and 1.8 times respectively. The growth rate of export volume and value ranked third and fourth in the country, respectively.

六、 The import and export of agricultural products continue to be active, and the export of cordyceps sinensis leads the country

The construction of green organic agricultural and livestock product export areas continues to make efforts, and the strong consumer demand within the province is driving a rapid increase in the import and export of agricultural products. In the first two months of this year, the import and export of agricultural products in the province reached 200 million yuan, an increase of 53.6%, accounting for 17% of the total import and export value of the province, and showing a continuous positive growth for five years. The export of agricultural products reached 120 million yuan, an increase of 80%. Among them, the export of Cordyceps sinensis was 0.3 tons, an increase of 39.1%, ranking first in the country; Goji berry exports reached 6.99 million yuan, an increase of 46.4%. The import of agricultural products was 75.24 million yuan, an increase of 24.1%. Among them, the import of meat products was 48.947 million yuan and the import of aquatic products was 24.153 million yuan, an increase of 60.4% and 1.5 times respectively.

七、 The development momentum of foreign trade in relevant cities and prefectures is strong, with foreign trade growth exceeding 50% in 5 cities and prefectures

The import and export of Haibei Prefecture reached 3.525 million yuan, an increase of 11.4 times; The import and export of Hainan Prefecture reached 72.128 million yuan, an increase of 2.1 times; The import and export of Haixi Prefecture reached 67.602 million yuan, an increase of 82.7%; The import and export of Haidong City reached 97.744 million yuan, an increase of 77.5%; The import and export of Xining City reached 930 million yuan, an increase of 70.6%.