CCTV News:The State Council held a press conference on the operation of the national economy in July 2023. Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the National Economic Statistics Department, introduced at the meeting that in July, the total import and export of goods was 3,456.3 billion yuan, down 8.3% year-on-year. Among them, exports were 2,016 billion yuan, down 9.2%; Imports reached 1,440.3 billion yuan, down 6.9%. Import and export balance, with a trade surplus of 575.7 billion yuan. From January to July, the total import and export volume of goods was 23,552.1 billion yuan, up 0.4% year-on-year. Among them, exports were 13,472.8 billion yuan, an increase of 1.5%; Imports were 1,079.3 billion yuan, down 1.1%. From January to July, the import and export of general trade increased by 2.1% year-on-year, accounting for 65.4% of the total import and export, an increase of 1.1 percentage points over the same period of last year. The import and export of private enterprises increased by 6.7%, accounting for 52.9% of the total import and export, an increase of 3.1 percentage points over the same period of last year. The export of mechanical and electrical products increased by 4.4%, accounting for 58.1% of the total export.