In the first half of this year, my country’s integrated circuit production fell by 6.3% year-on-year, the first time it turned negative since 2009.

According to the data on the operation of industries above designated size in June 2022 released by the National Bureau of Statistics, my country’s integrated circuit output in that month was 28.8 billion pieces, a month-on-month increase of 4.7% and a year-on-year decrease of 10.4%. In the first half of this year (January-June), my country’s The total output of integrated circuits was 166.1 billion pieces, down 6.3% year-on-year, the first time the year-on-year growth rate has turned negative since 2009.

Statistics also show that my country’s output of microcomputer equipment and smartphones increased month-on-month in June, while the output of new energy vehicles increased by 120.8% year-on-year to 605,000 units.

Although the output of integrated circuits declined slightly, the export volume increased by 16.4%.

When introducing the import and export situation in the first half of 2022 this month, the General Administration of Customs said that in the first half of the year, my country’s import and export of mechanical and electrical products was 9.72 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.2%, accounting for 49.1% of my country’s total foreign trade import and export value.

In the first half of the year, my country’s exports of mechanical and electrical products such as electrical equipment, integrated circuits, and automobiles increased by 24.8%, 16.4%, and 51.1%, respectively; my country’s imports of intermediate products such as copper materials, basic organic chemicals, and integrated circuits increased by 16.2%, 7.9%, and 5.5%, respectively. %.

Customs statistics show that in the first half of this year, the total value of my country’s import and export of goods trade was 19.8 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%. Among them, exports were 11.14 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.2%; imports were 8.66 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.8%.