By 6.42%, the national cosmetics import in August was 12.82 billion yuan

On September 7, the General Administration of Customs released the national import and export customs data for August. From January to August this year, China's total import and export value was 27.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 10.1% over the same period last year. Among them, exports were 15.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 14.2% over the same period, and imports were 11.82 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.2% over the same period; The trade surplus was 3.66 trillion yuan, an increase of 58.2%.

In August, China's total import and export value was 3.71 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.6% over the same period last year. Among them, exports were 2.21 trillion yuan, an increase of 11.8% over the same period last year; Imports were 1.59 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.6% over the same period last year; The trade surplus was 535.91 billion yuan, an increase of 40.4%.

Among them, the import of beauty cosmetics and toiletries in August was 41055.1 tons, which was basically the same as that of the same period last year, with a slight decrease of 0.03% over the same period last year; The import value was 12.82 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 6.42%.

From January to August, the accumulated import was 281691.6 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 7.3%; The import value was 97.26 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.6%.

From the perspective of the month on month trend, the import value and import tonnage of beauty cosmetics and washing and care products kept rising in August, of which the import tonnage increased by 12.12% month on month and the import value increased by 7.10% month on month.