In the first half of 2022, the international situation will become more complex, and my country's foreign trade exports will face greater challenges. For example, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Western sanctions have torn apart the Eurasian supply chain, the United States has launched an Indo-Pacific strategy to restrict China's development, and the Shanghai epidemic has disrupted people's livelihood. Major domestic and foreign events such as the manufacturing supply chain have an impact on my country's exports.
Against this complex and arduous background, China National Building Materials Group adheres to the mission of "focusing on value-added services and making customer choices simple" and strives to build an internationally competitive supply chain integration service provider. Achieve growth against the trend through business portfolio optimization and continuous strategic upgrading. Among them, the traditional steel and non-ferrous metal sectors have exported a total of 71,000 tons in the second quarter of 2022 and a total of 145,000 tons in the first half of 2022. Sales volume increased by 50% year-on-year compared with the same period last year. In addition, overseas warehouse business, new energy vehicle business and import business are also in full swing and have achieved breakthroughs.
Data from the China Iron and Steel Industry Association shows that from January to May 2022 (currently only counting January to May), my country exported a total of 25.915 million tons of steel, a year-on-year decrease of 16.2%; a total of 4.98 million tons of steel were imported, a year-on-year decrease of 18.3%; The cumulative import of steel billets was 3.286 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 26.1%; the cumulative export of steel billets was 477,000 tons, a significant year-on-year increase; equivalent to a net export of crude steel of 18.796 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.534 million tons. Overall, due to the influence of domestic and foreign supply and demand, steel exports have decreased significantly. The increase in exports mainly comes from steel billets.
Against the background of the overall decline in the country's steel exports, our company's export scale has repeatedly hit new highs and achieved growth against the trend. This is inseparable from our company's continuous expansion into overseas markets and its continuous development. Zhongya has opened overseas warehouses and offices, as well as branches in Southeast Asia, and continues to explore other offline overseas markets. At the same time, we will focus on overseas markets such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and South America, and will further develop through overseas warehouse offices and other methods. , injecting continuous vitality into the business growth of China National Building Materials Group.