According to the latest statistics released by the General Administration of Customs, the total import and export value of domestic printed matter, printing equipment, and printing equipment from January to April 2023 was US$7.357 billion (see Table 1), which was basically the same as the same period last year. Among them, exports were US$5.878 billion (a year-on-year increase of 2%) and imports were US$1.479 billion (a year-on-year decrease of 6%). During the same period, the domestic printed matter, printing equipment and printing equipment import and export trade surplus totaled 4.399 billion US dollars (a year-on-year increase of 5%).
In April 2023, the total import and export value of domestic printed matter, printing equipment, and printing equipment was US$2.007 billion (see Table 1), a year-on-year increase of 0%. Among them, exports were US$1.624 billion (a year-on-year increase of 2%) and imports were US$383 million (a year-on-year decrease of 7%). The monthly import and export trade surplus of the three major categories of commodities totaled US$1.242 billion (a year-on-year increase of 6%).
Table 1 Total import and Export Value of Domestic Printed Matters and Printing Equipment from January to April 2023
From January to April 2023, the import and export trade volume and changes of domestic printed matter, printing equipment, and printing materials to global regional markets are as follows: Asia is 3.281 billion US dollars (a year-on-year increase of 3%), Europe is 1.66 billion US dollars (a year-on-year increase of 1%), North America was $1.517 billion (down 14% year-on-year), Oceania was $324 million (up 33% year-on-year), Latin America was $314 million (up 22% year-on-year), and Africa was $261 million (up 20% year-on-year). During the same period, the distribution of the import and export trade of the three major categories of commodities in major regional markets around the world was as follows: 45% in Asia, 23% in Europe, 21% in North America, 4% in Oceania, 4% in Latin America, and 4% in Africa.
