TikTokShop offers 'Black Friday' subsidies to sellers
NO.1 Shenzhen’s exports increased by 19.4% in the first eight months
According to Shenzhen Customs, in the first eight months of 2023, Shenzhen's cumulative imports and exports were 2.37 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 8.1%, higher than the national and Guangdong provincial levels.
Looking at August alone, Shenzhen's import and export reached 364.56 billion yuan, an increase of 29.4%. Among them, exports were 243.11 billion yuan, an increase of 48.1%; imports were 121.45 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3%.
Private enterprises have become the main driving force for Shenzhen's foreign trade growth. In the first eight months, Shenzhen's private enterprises' import and export volume was 1.55 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.6%, accounting for 65.3%, driving Shenzhen's foreign trade growth by 9.5 percentage points during the same period.
In terms of product categories, exports of mechanical and electrical products accounted for more than 70%, and exports of electric passenger vehicles increased by more than 6 times. In terms of imports, mechanical and electrical products account for nearly 80% of the total. Semiconductor manufacturing equipment has doubled, with imports exceeding 10 billion.
NO.2 South Korea’s automobile exports surged 28.7% in August
South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy recently stated that South Korea’s automobile exports increased by 28.7% year-on-year in August, benefiting from strong global demand for electric vehicles and other environmentally friendly vehicles.
Data show that South Korea's total automobile exports in August increased to US.29 billion from US.12 billion in the same period last year, hitting a record high for the same month. As of August, South Korea's automobile exports have maintained double-digit year-on-year growth for 14 consecutive months. In the first eight months of this year, automobile exports increased by 39.5% year-on-year to US.85 billion.
NO.3 Indonesia’s imported items mainly come from China
According to Indonesian Soekarno-Hatta Airport Customs data, the number of cargo delivery documents and consignment notes (CN) received by the customs jumped from 5 million in 2018 to 60 million in 2019, and this number will remain until 2023.
After checking these imported items, most of these items are under , which is relatively cheap, and most of the goods come from China. Ascolani, director of the Customs Department of the Indonesian Ministry of Finance, said that Indonesian products are being replaced by cheap foreign goods, which may hit local industries and small, medium and micro enterprises.
NO.4 Over 7 adults in the United States will shop on e-commerce platforms during the holiday season
According to eBay Ads data, 71% of U.S. consumers plan to do holiday shopping on e-commerce platforms. Insider Intelligence predicts that total U.S. e-commerce sales will grow by 10.2% in 2023, reaching 4.57 billion.
Among them, the online market is expected to account for 33.5% of U.S. e-commerce sales. In terms of sales, the most popular is Amazon, followed by eBay, Etsy and Walmart.
NO.5 TikTokShop provides “Black Friday” subsidies to sellers
It is reported that in order to attract its sellers to participate in the "Black Friday" shopping festival from October 27 to November 30, TikTok will provide sellers with discount subsidies of up to 50% to attract consumers to its recently opened TikTok Shop Shopping.
According to reports, a TikTok spokesperson confirmed these plans. TikTok will launch the "Black Friday" promotion at 20:00 on November 23, New York time. According to TikTok documents, a promotion called "Cyber Monday" will be launched from November 28 to November 30.
