The joint defense and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on April 10, and Assistant Minister of Commerce Ren Hongbin introduced that affected by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the development of foreign trade is facing severe challenges that have not been seen for many years. From January to February, in terms of RMB, China’s imports, exports, exports and imports fell by 9.6%, 15.9% and 2.4% respectively.
At present, the domestic epidemic prevention and control situation continues to improve, and the resumption of production and production of foreign trade enterprises is proceeding in an orderly manner. However, the accelerated spread of the global epidemic has had a huge impact on the global economy and trade. Judging from the recent surveys conducted by the Ministry of Commerce on key provinces, cities, import and export chambers of commerce and key enterprises, foreign trade companies generally face many difficulties such as cancellation or extension of orders in hand, difficulties in signing new orders, and poor logistics and transportation.