First half of the national food industry imports

In the first half of the year, the total amount of imports completed by the food manufacturing industry in the country increased by 3.76% year-on-year. In the first half of the year, the import situation changed greatly. Among them: Imports increased significantly in January, while imports fell sharply in February, March and June.

Dairy products are the main import commodities in the food industry. Their imports accounted for 63.33% of the total imports of the food industry; followed by sugars accounted for 19.05%; cocoa products accounted for 6.36%; baked cakes and cereals expanded. Roasted foods accounted for 4.93%; condiments Fermented products accounted for 2.73%; confectionery, candied fruit accounted for 1.54%; canned food accounted for 1.04%; convenience food accounted for 1.01%.

From January to June 2013, the origin of food imports was mainly concentrated in New Zealand, Brazil, the United States, Cuba, Guatemala, France, and Germany. Of which: imports from New Zealand accounted for 43.32%, an increase of 22.56%; imports from Brazil accounted for 7.04%, an increase of 294.04%; imports from the United States accounted for 6.86%, an increase of 10.29%; imports from Cuba accounted for 4.82%, a decrease of 34.62%.

The main domestic destinations for food are: Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangdong, Shandong, Beijing, Zhejiang and other regions. In the first half of the year, imports to Tianjin accounted for 19.54% of total food industry imports, up 4.5% year-on-year; imports to Shanghai accounted for 17.46%, up 33.25% year-on-year; imports to Guangdong accounted for 17.3%, down 6.91% year-on-year; imports to Shandong accounted for 9.27%, down 40.98% year-on-year; imports to Beijing accounted for 7.84%, an increase of 33.16%.

From January to June 2013, the national food industry accounted for 82.27% of the total import value of the food industry, an increase of 0.79% year-on-year. Imports of warehousing re-exports in the bonded zone accounted for 10.3%, an increase of 13.59% year-on-year; entry and exit of bonded warehouses Imports of goods accounted for 4.78%, an increase of 77.93% over the same period of the previous year. Imports of processing trade accounted for 1.88%, a year-on-year decrease of 18.87%.