Changsha's foreign trade steadily advanced in the first five months of 2026, said the Xingsha Customs Authority on June 30. The city's total import and export value grew 14.6% to 125.01 billion CNY, accounting for 52% of the provincial total. Exports amounted to 75.01 billion CNY, up 2.6% year-on-year; imports reached 50 billion CNY, a significant increase of 39.1%, highlighting the significant driving role of imports in overall foreign trade.

Changsha's foreign trade structure continued to be optimized, with business formats developing in a diversified and coordinated manner. General trade held an absolutely dominant position, with imports and exports of 105.94 billion CNY in the first five months, up 15% year on year and accounting for 84.7% of the city's total. Meanwhile, processing trade and bonded logistics also saw simultaneous improvements in growth rates, completing imports and exports of 10.37 billion CNY and 7.17 billion CNY, respectively, with growth rates both exceeding 14%.

The foreign trade operators showed strong vitality, and the market size continued to expand. The number of enterprises with actual import and export performance in Changsha increased 25.3% year on year. Among them, private enterprises served as the main force in foreign trade, whose imports and exports rose 17.5% to 104.12 billion CNY, accounting for over 80% of the city's total foreign trade value. State-owned enterprises showed impressive growth momentum, with a year-on-year increase of 30.1%.

The foreign trade partners of Changsha continued to increase, with various core markets flourishing. Changsha's imports and exports to traditional markets such as the United States, the European Union, Japan, and the United Kingdom amounted to 31.19 billion CNY, a year-on-year increase of 25%; those to ASEAN and Latin America grew 20.4% and 19.1%, respectively. Leveraging the advantages of regional economic and trade agreements, the city's trade with countries involved in the "Belt and Road" Initiative increased 13.8% to 76.16 billion CNY, and that to other RCEP countries grew 21.1% to 39.76 billion CNY. Since the zero-tariff policy for Africa took effect on May 1, Changsha's imports and exports to Africa that month reached 2.77 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.2%; imports from Africa increased over 30%, with the potential of trade with Africa continuing to be unleashed.

Core import and export commodities saw improvements in both quantity and quality, with characteristic categories performing robustly. On the export side, mechanical and electrical products remained the mainstay, with cumulative exports of 52.14 billion CNY and accounting for nearly 70% of the total export value. The exports of integrated circuits and construction machinery grew 29.5% and 21%, respectively, and those of the "new three" products reached 5.58 billion CNY. Exports of plastic and agricultural products grew steadily, while those of traditional characteristic fireworks and firecrackers were 1.7 billion CNY, a slight increase of 2.7%.

On the import side, the commodity structure focused on essential industrial products and distinctive agricultural products. Changsha imported 22.65 billion CNY of mechanical and electrical products, with a growth rate exceeding 50%. The growth rates for core components such as central processing units and storage components doubled, indicating strong import momentum in the semiconductor industry. The city's imports of metal ores and sands increased 51.6% year on year, while those of agricultural products surged significantly. The imports of aquatic products, cassava starch, and coffee surged 51.9%, 727.1%, and 384.9% respectively, reflecting a richer variety of import categories.

责编：宛俊余

一审：宛俊余

二审：秦慧英

三审：张权

来源：湖南省政府门户网