近两年，外贸企业陷入前所未有的困境，个别企业甚至破产。本文从国际、国内经济环境两个侧面分析了制约国有外贸企业发展的因素，提出未来外贸企业发展的方向。只有极少数大型外贸企业才适合走综合商社之路，而绝大部分外贸企业宜并入产业集团成为国际部，或发展成为商业服务性的外贸代理公司 In the past two years, foreign trade enterprises have plunged into unprecedented difficulties and some enterprises even went bankrupt. This article analyzes the factors restricting the development of state-owned foreign trade enterprises from two aspects of international and domestic economic environment and puts forward the direction of the development of foreign trade enterprises in the future. Only a very small number of large foreign trade enterprises are suitable for taking the road of integrated trading companies, while the vast majority of foreign trade enterprises should be incorporated into industrial groups to become international ministries or to develop into commercial and service foreign trade agency companies