During January to September of 2015, the main sources of importing hardware to China were Germany, Japan, USA, Korea, Taiwan, Mainland China, Italy, Swiss, Austria, Thailand and other nations. Among them, Germany, Japan, USA and Korea consist of the main source for China’s hardware import, averagely taking over 10% each. The increasing rate of import from USA dramatically dropped, to be specific, 24.77%. In the top 10 list, the increasing rate of import from Austria, Thailand and Italy dropped as well, averagely over 10%. The increasing rate of import from Thailand dropped with a rather huge value, to be specific, 43.16%.

In Q1—Q3, the import of hardware was mainly to be accomplished in Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing, Liaoning, Tianjin, Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jilin and other areas. In the top 10 list, only Zhengsu and Zhejiang remained the positive growth of import, but with a rather low rate, which was 2.16% and 0.21% respectively. The import of hardware to Jilin, Shandong and Liaoning were reported to decline with a rather dramatic rate by over 10% each.