The ministry of commerce: statistical methods to Chinas huge trade surplus

　　In YuJianHua called "the globalization of manufacture and trade-the global value chain and its influence" seminar says, according to the world trade organization and Japan's Asian economic research institute, the latest report, according to the traditional trade statistics, the trade surplus of $285 billion, but if the added value of trade according to calculation, China's trade surplus with the United States only $164 billion.

　　YuJianHua also said the end product of trade was simply to final assembly, cause the trade assembly overvalued, other countries to the production of the contributions are ignored. According to China's customs statistics, China exports in 2010 for $1.5779 trillion, including $740.3 billion for export processing trade, processing trade has always remained the proportion of about 50%; The foreign capital enterprise exports account for 55% of exports to that. Although these value not all production in China and appreciation, but statistics are classified as China's trade volume, causing "statistics in China, in other countries benefit" deviation.

　　YuJianHua called for international trade statistics have to make appropriate adjustments, and in response to global production decentralization and the rise of trade mission. This change will help to scientifically and objectively evaluate trade imbalances, help to a comprehensive understanding of the influence of the trade employment, and avoid not true statistics and affect international trade relations, reduce trade protectionism, to improve the global trading environment.