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Profile of electronic and information products foreign trade in 2009
BEIJING, Feb 09, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) --
Hit by the international
financial crisis, China's import and export of electronics and
information products dropped considerably in 2009. However, the
situation improved in the second half, and the rate of decrease
narrowed, as China's policies for stabilizing oversea demand took
effect, and the international market recovered.
-- Industrial performance in 2009
Influenced by weak overseas demand, the foreign trade of
China's electronics and information industry was gloomy in 2009.
Total value of the industry's imports and exports declined 12.8
percent year on year to 771.9 billion US dollars in 2009, accounting
for 35 percent of the value of nation's total foreign trade.
China exported electronics and information products to the
value of 457.2 billion US dollars, down 12.4 percent on year,
accounting for 38 percent of the country's total exports. It imported
314.7 billion dollars worth of products, dropping 13.5 percent, and
accounting for 31 percent of the country's total imports.
The electronics and information industry's foreign trade
showed signs of recovery starting from the second half of 2009. The
rate of decrease narrowed month by month, and stopped negative growth
in November to increase 14.2 percent on a year previously.
Chart 1 shows detailed indicators of China's foreign trade in
electronics and information products:
In respect of exports, the industry's accumulative export
growth was lower than China's average throughout the first half of
2009.
Chart 2 compares the year on year export growth of China and
the country's electronics and information industry in 2009:
Chart 3 shows the exports of China's electronics and
information products in each month of 2009:
China imported electronics and information products worth
31.78 billion dollars in November 2009, rising 25.6 percent on
November 2008, which was the first positive year on year growth in
2009. The industry's imports in December grew further by 46.7 percent
year on year to 34.7 billion dollars.
Generally, China's foreign trade in electronics and
information products has escaped the shadow of the international
financial crisis and entered into a period of stable growth.
-- Exports of basic products hardest hit
In 2009, all product categories of the electronics and
information industry showed a decline in exports in comparison with
the previous year. Exports of computer products, communications
equipment, and household electrical appliances respectively decreased
12 percent, 3.8 percent and 8.9 percent on year to 168.3 billion
dollars, 83.62 billion dollars and 75.9 billion dollars. Basic
products, such as electronic components and electronic materials,
plunged even further, with the export down 23.3 percent and 36.3
percent.
Imports of electronic devices, electronic components and
computer products amounted 224.4 billion dollars, accounting for 80.3
percent of the industry's total. Included were 136.76 billion dollars
from electronic devices, down 7.7 percent on year; 70.91 billion
dollars from electronic components, down 22.9 percent; and 44.91
billion dollars from computer products, down 8.2 percent.
Tables 1 and 2 respectively show the top 10 electronics and
information products in terms of export and import values in 2009:
Table 1: Top 10 electronics and information products in terms of
export value in 2009
Product
Export value (billion US dollars)
Growth y-o-y (%)
Portable computer
66.65
1.62
Mobile phone
39.56
2.65
Liquid crystal display (LCD) panel
19.21
-14.14
Part of handset
16.05
-10.85%
Processor & controller
12.99
4.92
LCD
10.15
-38.3
LCD TV set
9.39
15.3
Hard-disc driver
7.44
-4.68
Memory
6.71
-19.01
Digital camera
6.28
-14.25
Table 2: Top 10 electronics and information products in terms of
import value in 2009
Product
Import value (billion US dollars)
Growth y-o-y (%)
Processor & controller
70.95
-12.3
LCD panel
34.98
-20.68
Other integrated circuit
23.68
7.34
Memory
21.76
-4.64
Hard-disc driver
12.31
1.03
Part of handset
9.53
-0.18
Printed circuit below four-layer
5.35
-15.43
Lithium-ion battery
4.38
-8.84
Printed circuit above four-layer
4.11
-13.3
Disc driver
3.57
-14.2
In terms of China's export of electronics and information
products, market share of general trade climbed last year, and the
trade structure changed further.
Table 3 shows the values of different export methods in 2009:
Table 3: Detailed indicators of China's electronics and information
product export modes in 2009
Value (billion US dollars)
Growth y-o-y (%)
Proportion in the industry's total
Processing with imported materials
323.3
-11.6
70.9%
Processing with supplied materials
45.69
-25.5
10%
General product export
65.26
-10.5
14.3%
In 2009, foreign-funded companies, Sino-foreign joint
ventures, private-owned enterprises and state-owned enterprises
respectively exported electronics and information products of 300.91
billion dollars, 74.37 billion dollars, 32.84 billion dollars and
30.51 billion dollars, down 13.5 percent, 9.6 percent, 2.58 percent
and 21.1 percent on year.
Charts 4 and 5 show the percentage of import and export value
of electronics and information products from different types of
companies in 2009:
As key trading bases of the electronics and information
products in China, eastern coastal region's Pearl River Delta,
Yangtze River Delta and Bohai Rim experienced a severe exports plunge
during the international financial crisis.
Table 4 shows China's top five provinces and city in terms of
export value of electronics and information products in 2009:
Table 4: China's top five provinces and city in terms of export of
electronics and information products in 2009
Location
Export value (billion US dollars)
Growth y-o-y (%)
Proportion in the industry's total (%)
Guangdong province
192.7
-12.2
42.3
Jiangsu province
101.7
-12.3
22.3
Shanghai municipality
69.44
-12.1
15.2
Shandong province
18.41
-1.2
4.0
Zhejiang province
15.45
-27.1
3.4
The five provinces and municipality together contributed 87
percent of China's total export value of electronic and information
products.
Exports in China's central and western regions were
comparatively stable, and the export value of Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui
and Gansu provinces respectively jumped 36.4 percent, 5.67 percent,
50.2 percent and 88 percent on year.
Hong Kong, the US, and Japan were the top three importers of
China's electronic and information products 2009. Exports to these
destinations valued at 107.37 billion dollars, 91.4 billion dollars,
and 29.15 billion dollars, respectively, down 14.7 percent, 9.04
percent and 13.8 percent year on year.
South Korea, the Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, Taiwan, the
UK, and India were the rest of China's top 10 export destinations.
Exports to all 10 destinations totaled 334.54 billion dollars,
accounting for 73.4 percent of the total.
China's re-importation of electronic and information products
meanwhile fell by 8.1 percent year on year to 69.3 billion dollars.
Imports from the Taiwan reached 52.54 billion dollars, down
15.2 percent on year, while those from South Korea and Japan were
respectively 52.51 billion dollars and 42.59 billion dollars, down
7.1 percent and 22.1 percent year on year. (Edited by Luo Jingjing,
luojj@xinhua.org)
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