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Ministry of Commerce: novel coronavirus pneumonia is a major challenge to the current foreign trade operation. Li Xingqian, director of the Ministry of Commerce's foreign trade division, told the online news conference on the 21 day of the Ministry of Commerce. Judging from the local and industrial reflection, influenced by the poor logistics and delayed construction in the early stage, combined with the Spring Festival factors, it is expected that the growth rate of import and export from January to February this year will fall sharply. At present, the impact of the epidemic is periodic and temporary, and the degree of foreign trade affected mainly depends on the duration and scope of the epidemic. According to the current assessment, the impact of the epidemic on the first quarter is objective and should not be underestimated, but it is still in an affordable range. In order to minimize the impact of the epidemic on the development of foreign trade, the Ministry of Commerce has issued a series of policies and measures to support foreign trade enterprises, and there will be a number of follow-up policies in the future. (reporter Chen Weiwei, Wang Yuxiao)