The current situation and future development of foreign trade in Gansu provinceThe current situation and future development of foreign trade in Gansu province.docVIP

The current situation and future development of foreign trade in Gansu province 1. The current situation Over late 8 years, the foreign trade in Gansu province witnessed steady increase, with the overall trade volume reaching the new-high in the history. In the first two months, the total value of foreign trade added to 18.6 billion dollars, an growth of 43.3% than that of in 2012, among which the export value occupying 10.5 billion dollars. 2. The factors impacting foreign trade in Gansu a. The natural factor For the eastern coastal provinces, they boasts favorable geographical and natural conditions, with beautiful surroundings and pleasant climate. However, the trade conditions in Gansu province is more abominable. For that it is located in inner land of the northwest, with high ground, complex landform which mainly covered by hills and mountains, the little annual rainfall 447.3 mm and the Per capita amount of runoff far behind the general standard, the 230 million acres of soil and water loss, and only about 13.42% forest coverage. Besides, Gansu is also one of the most serious provinces suffering desertification and frequent sandstorm, it is inevitably one of the worst environmental pollution and destruction place. All these bad natural environment limit the current trade development in Gansu, in addition, the short of resource, the impediment of agriculture and the depressed industry development even aggravate the sluggish trade development in Gansu. b. The construction and development in infrastructure The infrastructure lags behind, especially in terms of transportation, without developed and cheap water transport which the eastern coastal cities can enjoy, instead, the gobi desert, plateau and mountains lead to the inconvenient and expansive land transportation. On the other hand, the demand for railway transportation is far beyond the planned arrangement, and highway passenger transport volume and the growth of postal business indicator cannot s