南方财经全媒体记者 袁思杰 广州报道

In the first half of 2025, Guangdong's import and export volume of goods reached 4.55 trillion yuan, up by 4% year on year, maintaining positive growth for the eighth consecutive quarter. The growth rate was 1.1 percentage points higher than the national average, contributing 28% to the national foreign trade growth and providing strong support for both national and provincial economic stability, according to a press conference held by the provincial information office on Friday.

Zhang Ke, Deputy Director of the Guangdong Customs, said the province has effectively mitigated adverse shocks this year by leveraging existing and incremental foreign trade and economic policies to sustain growth momentum. Despite external pressures, Guangdong's foreign trade has achieved sustained growth, continuous structural optimization, and steady quality improvement in the first half of the year.

Amid rising uncertainties in global trade policies and a high export base, Guangdong has accelerated its transformation and upgrading, focusing on fostering emerging sectors through open cooperation, thereby driving both quantitative growth and qualitative enhancement in exports.

In the first half of the year, exports of high-tech products closely related to the new quality productive forces reached 505.43 billion yuan, up by 13.3%. Exports of machine tools and drones increased by 18.7% and 29.2%, respectively, while exports of the "new trio" (NEVs, lithium-ion batteries, and photovoltaic products rose by 28.8%. Exports of self-owned brand products grew by 11.2%.