Guangdong Import Export and
Foreign Trade Guide

CHINA IMPORT AND EXPORT VOLUME IN 2008 (Unit: Billion US Dollars)
• China Import & Export Volume US$2,561.63
• Import Volume US$1133.08
• Export Volume US$1,428.55




• Guangdong Import & Export Volume US$683.26
• Import Volume US$279.16
• Export Volume US$404.10



Guangdong Import Export is nearly one third of the whole China's Import and Export value, for over two decades. Being one of earliest foreign trade port in Chinese modern history and the starting point of the well-known "Sea Silk Road", Guangdong enjoys not only a long history of commerce and trade, but also a mature market economy at present.



Taking a forward position in opening market and economic reform, Guangdong is one of the most vigorous and developed regions in China. Its comprehensive economic strength ranks the first in China:

• The total volume of import & export is 1/3 of China
• The GDP is 1/8 of China
• The local financial revenue is 1/7 of China
• The accumullative adoption of foreign investment is 1/4 of China


Guangdong has establishing long-term and stable economic relationship with more than 200 countries and regions in the world. It has become a promising land of foreign investors. Over half of them have come for investment and world top 500 corporations have set up 581 enterprises in Guangdong. The number of the approved foreign invested enterprises in nearly 120,000.


The year of 2007 witnessed different degree of increase in the import and export of Guangzhou(capital of Guangdong)with its top five trading partners. The city's import and export volume with EU, its No.1 trading partner, reached USD12,724 billion a growth rate of 13.65%. The said volume was USD11,226 billion or up by 14.49% was achieved by its second largest trading partner of Hong Kong, followed by USA, the sum was USD10,859 billion, up by 0.87%.


As the fourth and the fifth trading partners, the bilateral trade with Japan and ASIAN grew grew by 22.29% and 13.94% respectively. In terms of export, the growth momentum was good in Guangzhou's exports to ASIAN with an increase of 27.45%, Japan 23.78%, EU 16.24% and Hong Kong 12.60%, but the growth of export to USA declined to 0.06%.


The above Guangdong Import Export statistics is reported by The Ministry of Commerce of People's Republic of China in June, 2008.






Key Industries In Guangzhou China
(Guangdong Province)




• Automobile Industry
Guangdong Import Export


In 2007, the industrial output of the automobile sector reached 162 billion yuan, accounting for over 16% of the city's gross industrial output value. The comprehensive economic indexes of Guangzhou’s automobile industry, including added value, profit, sales income, profit rate of capital, profit-tax rate of capital and labor productivity, rank the top throughout the country. With its sedan output ranking the second in China, the automobile manufacturing industry has become the leading among Guangzhou's pillar industries.


The export of automobiles and parts from Guangzhou increased from USD 37 million in 2001 to USD 1.071 billion in 2007, with an average increase of 75.23 % per annum. In2007, the city exported 43,000 complete vehicles, accounting for 5.5% of the city’s vehicle output and ranking among the top in the country. The export can be divided into two partsaccording to the nature of the enterprises, foreign-funded enterprises contributed to 3/4 of the automobile export value and their domestic counterparts, 1/4; if divided in terms of trade methods, 2/3 of the automobile export value was from processing trade and the remaining




• Bio-pharmaceutical Industry
Guangdong Import Export


The three advantaged industry clusters of biomedicine, bio-industry and bio-agriculture and the two distinctive industry clusters of marine life and biological services have been created in Guangzhou. As a result, Guangzhou is recognized as the “national biological industry base” and the “national medicine export base”.


So Far, about 350 enterprises are dealing with biotechnology R&D and production in Guangzhou. In 2007, the gross output value of the city’s biological industry was about 33billion yuan. The contracted foreign investment was USD 54 million while the actual inflow was USD 21 million. The medical exports attained USD 306 million, an increase of 23.98%,in which the export of medical instruments was USD 197 million, up by 29.96% and accounting for 64.22%; The export of the Western medicine increased by16.10% to USD 91 million, making up 29.97% of the total while the one of the Chinese medicine, by 6.96% to USD 18 million, accounting for 5.80%.




• Petrochemical Industry
Guangdong Import Export


In terms of market factors, Guangzhou has the largest market of petroleum chemicals in the nation, with the consumptions of ethylene, the five major kinds of general-purpose resins, the five major kinds of engineering plastics and paints accounting for over 20% of the national totals, playing a very important role across the nation as far as market capacity and Key Industries.


As for the industrial chain, several multinational chemical giants such as Exxon, Basf and Dow Chemical have settled in Guangzhou. Preliminary work has been carried out forintegrated refinery project of 15 million tons under the cooperation between Sinopec and the Kuwaiti National Petroleum Company as well as for the renovation & expansion ethyleneproject with an annual capacity of 800,000 tons in the name of GPC. For more detail information,visit www.investguangzhou.gov.cn




Import from Guangdong China, and get connected with potential suppliers






China Import and Export Fair also called Canton Fair, is held twice a year in Spring and Autumn in Guangzhou China(capital of Guangdong) since it was inaugurated in the Spring of 1957. In 2008, it held its 104th session. The majoy feature of Canton Fair is:




• 50 trading delegations, being composed of thousands of China's best foreign trade corporations(enterprises)with good credibility and sound financial capabilities.
• 576,000 Square Meters Gross Exhibition Space.
• More than 150,000 varieties
• 34.6 billion US dollars export contract confirmation value signed in 100th Session within October 15th to 30th, 2006
• 13,686 exhibitors including manufacturers, enterprises, import export agents in China
• 192,691 buyers from 212 countries attended 100th Session on October 2006 in Guangzhou China




Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of Guangdong Province(FTEC)
helps both Chinese and foreigners for their international trade business






Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of Guangdong Province (FTEC) is a component department of the People's Government of Guangdong Province, in charge of foreign trade and economic cooperation and port management.


The defining purpose of FTEC is helping to create economic opportunity for Guangdong Import Export enterprises as well as foreign investors over the world. The major function of FTEC is as following aspects:




• Administrative Office


1. The Procedures of Applying for Establishment of Resident Representative Office of Foreign Investors




• Planning and Financial Division


1. examination and approval of Special Fund for Export Credit Insurance
2. Fund for samll and medium-size enterprises to develop international markets
3. Application for Quota of Import Duty on Agricultural Products




• Foreign Trade Development Division


1. Application for Self-Support Import & Export Rights and Alteration of Enterprise Name
2. Application for the Management Right of Foreign Trade Circulation
3. Application filed by productive enterprises for Self-Support Import & Export Rights
• Foreign Trade Administraton Division


1. Administration of Import & Export License for Guangdong Import Export enterprises
2. Textile Export License
3. Handling of Exporter Identification (EID) for textile
4. Handling of Manufacturer Identification (MID) for textile
• Electromechanical Products Import and Export Division
(Guangdong Import Export Office of Electromechanical Products)

1. Application procedure for the funding of Export Research and Development Project of Electromechanical Products
2. Import License for Electromechanical Products for Guangdong Import Export Enterprises
• Foreign Investment Administration Division


1. Establishment of Sino-Foreign Joint Venture or Cooperation Enterprise
2. Establishment of Foreign Investment Enterprse
3. Confirmatory paper of applying for foreign investment project encouraged by state for development
4. Certification of foreign investment enterprise applying for importing equipment, technology and fittings
• Processing Trade Division


1. Approval for processing trade contract
2. Approval of automatic import license and specially supervised and registered goods for foreign investment enterprises
3. Examination and approval for importing and exporting chemical products liable to producting narcotic
• Foreign Economic Cooperation Division


1. Guidlines for procedure of foreign direct investment statistics
2. Application procedure for financing of Foreign Aid Joint Venture and Cooperation Projects
3. Application for the Qualification Certificate for Foreign Economic Cooporation Management Preferential Policies
• Division of Scientific and Technological Development and Trade in Technology


1. Technology Import for Guangdong Import Export Enterprises
2. Technology Export for Guangdong Import Export Enterprises
3. Software Export
4. Applying for international aid
5. Export Control




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