Compared with the same period in last year, Hardware Industry in China has it total export values increased 13.97% in the first quarter, with an increasing speed of 3.63 percentage higher than that of last year. The export growth mainly comes from Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, Fujian, Hebei, Tianjin, Hunan, and Liaoning. Among them, the growth of Guangdong and Zhejiang exceed other provinces. The export growth of Guangdong is 22.34% increased compared with the same period in last year, taking 48.89% of the total growth. And Zhejiang has its export values growth increased 33.68%, taking 24.9% of the whole export growth.

In the first quarter, the total export value increase counts only the general trade and cumulatively reaches to a value of 7.97 Billion USD, 24.13% increased compared with the same period in last year. Considering the trade modes, outward processing and material trade for international non-reimbursable assistance have higher export increasing speed, which is 121.9% and 93.3% respectively. But the export value growth of other three trade modes--Processing with imported materials, Small-volume Border Trade and Exported Goods on Contracted Projects decreased in the first quarter.