Walking into the workshop of Sanmenxia daika wheel hub Manufacturing Co., Ltd., I saw that the original ordinary aluminum ingot has become a shiny aluminum alloy wheel hub after melting, casting, heat treatment, processing, coating and other production processes. All kinds of packaged wheels are neatly stacked into containers, transported from here to Qingdao and other ports, and then exported overseas

Just in the past 2021, the enterprise achieved a great increase in exports. More than 470000 wheels produced were exported to the United States, Japan, Southeast Asia and European markets, with a year-on-year increase of 164%. The sales revenue was 87.539 million yuan and the export earned foreign exchange of 12.7674 million US dollars.

"Orders were placed in February and March this year, and the number doubled year-on-year." On January 8, Wu Songtao, the company's manager in charge of foreign trade, introduced that in February 2021, the company established a strategic development department to explore overseas markets and optimize the enterprise sales structure, and achieved good results.

"Affected by the global epidemic, foreign customers can't come and we can't go. We can only find another way." Wu Songtao said that in order to explore the market, the company changed its way to participate in foreign exhibitions. They sent samples, rented a booth and found an interpreter to receive them on site. If the customer is interested, direct online video communication. In addition, find overseas customers by mining influential customers in the industry, or looking for foreign agents and intermediaries in China.

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter, close to Deka hub, imported 960000 tons of copper concentrate in the first 11 months of 2021, with a value of about 18.7 billion yuan. The import volume and amount reached a record high.

The breakthrough of the two companies in 2021 is the epitome of the brilliant report card of Sanmenxia foreign trade.

In 2021, 46 foreign trade import and export record enterprises and more than 90 trading countries (regions) were added in Sanmenxia, covering five continents. The total value of goods import and export to Asia, Africa and North America increased steadily. According to customs statistics, in the first 11 months, the total import and export value of Sanmenxia City was 24.58 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.3%, including 21.8 billion yuan of import, a year-on-year increase of 38.6%, and 2.78 billion yuan of export, a year-on-year increase of 55.6%. The total import and export volume ranks third in the province, and the total value has exceeded 6.9 billion yuan in 2020.

Through doing foreign trade, developing global market and increasing income are becoming the choice of many enterprises in Sanmenxia.

"We used to produce edible fungi. Later, we went out and came into contact with foreign trade. We found that the export of edible fungi could sell at a higher price." Wang Gensuo, the person in charge of Ruikang food processing Co., Ltd. in Lushi County, said that they processed edible fungi into canned assorted mushrooms and exported them to Thailand and Malaysia, opening up overseas markets.

In Lushi County, more than 20 foreign trade export enterprises have introduced agricultural products from the depths of the mountains, such as dried mushrooms, dried agaric, edible mushroom sauce, assorted mushrooms, compound seasoning, walnut kernel and so on, to the overseas market. In 2021, Lushi County's foreign trade exports totaled 1.88 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 165.5%.

Another enterprise of Wang Gensuo also exported pet feed such as processed cat food and dog food to Malaysia. "RCEP (regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement) has come into force. We should seize the business opportunities brought by RCEP and make business bigger..." (according to Henan Daily on January 10)