In the first half of this year, private enterprises in Jiangsu Province achieved import and export volume of 1.08 trillion yuan, growing by 6.8%. Their share rose by 4.9 percentage points year-on-year to 43.4%. Against the backdrop of sluggish global market demand, how have Jiangsu's private enterprises achieved resilient growth? Let's go to the frontlines and listen to their stories.
Recently, under the scorching sun in Jinhu County by Baima Lake, over a hundred workers in the production workshop of Cepai Group Co., Ltd. are working overtime to rush out a batch of
ball valve export orders. According to Liang Guihua, the general manager of the company, there are nearly 200 ball valves in this order, which will be quickly loaded onto a ship and sent to customers in the United Arab Emirates after production.
"We are an enterprise specializing in the production and R&D of oil drilling equipment, pipeline valves,
Control Valves, and instruments. In recent years, we have increasingly strengthened cooperation with customers in countries along the Belt and Road, such as Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, and our export volume has been rising steadily," Liang Guihua said. "At the same time, Huai'an Customs, affiliated to Nanjing Customs, has provided 'one-on-one' guidance for the enterprise in handling certificates of origin, customs clearance and inspection, helping us go global safely and conveniently, which has boosted our confidence in exports."
Turning the camera to Kunshan, as the last copper wire was wound on the stranding machine in the workshop, 23 tons of stranded wires prepared by Zhenxiong Copper Group Co., Ltd. for Japanese customers were completed. Then the company's customs affairs department declared the pre-recorded RCEP certificate data in real time, and completed the receipt of the audit reply and the printing of the self-service certificate within a few minutes. The goods are worth 1.39 million yuan, and with the issued RCEP certificate, they can enjoy tariff reduction and exemption of about 41,790 yuan in the importing country.
Zhenxiong Copper Group Co., Ltd. is a private enterprise dedicated to the deep processing of copper conductors. It mainly produces various copper conductor products such as ultra-fine alloy wires, bare copper wires, and stranded wires, which are widely used in high-end fields such as precision electronic devices, medical treatment, aerospace high-temperature resistant alloy wires, and deep-sea cables. It was rated as one of the "Top 100 Private Enterprises in Suzhou" in 2022. "In 2023, our company's exports to RCEP member countries were about 65 million yuan, with trade maintaining a steady and positive year-on-year growth, and we enjoyed about 1.3 million yuan in tariff reductions and exemptions from importing countries. The company also purchases some raw materials from South Korea, benefiting from the RCEP policy in both production and sales, which has greatly helped stabilize the regional industrial chain and supply chain cooperation," said Hu Gang, the company's customs affairs manager.
Despite the "cooling" of external demand, different industries and products have different experiences. In recent years, global port infrastructure has been developing vigorously, and the demand for foreign marine engineering equipment has been strong. As a private enterprise engaged in the design, R&D, and manufacturing of high-end equipment such as special equipment, engineering construction machinery, and marine engineering equipment, Jiangsu Runbang Industrial Equipment Co., Ltd. currently holds many overseas orders. On July 19, under the supervision of Taicang Customs affiliated to Nanjing Customs, a batch of 689 tons of rail-mounted gantry cranes of the company successfully completed customs clearance and was about to set sail for overseas.
