From January to April, China’s import and export of electronic information products reached US$285.4 billion, an increase of 41.5% year-on-year, accounting for 33.3% of the country's total foreign trade volume; of which exports accounted for US$164.5 billion, an increase of 36.3% year-on-year, compared with 2008. In the same period, it increased by 3.2%, accounting for 37.7% of the country’s total foreign trade exports; it imported US$120.9 billion, an increase of 49.3% year-on-year, and an increase of 3.4% over the same period of 2008, accounting for 28.8% of the national import.
The growth of basic products was outstanding, and the overall product products grew steadily. In January-April, the export of electronic components was US$21.9 billion, up 53.2% year-on-year; the export of electronic devices was US$18.6 billion, up by 74.1% year-on-year; the export of electronic materials was US$1.6 billion, up 52.1% year-on-year; the export growth of these three industries was significantly higher. In the industry average. The export of computer products was US$62.1 billion, an increase of 37.5% year-on-year; the export of household electronic appliances and communication equipment was US$250 and US$26.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 19.9% ​​and 19.4%, respectively. The top three products in terms of export amount were: laptops with 26.4 billion U.S. dollars, up 51.5%; mobile phones with 12.3 billion U.S. dollars, up 19.5%; liquid crystal display panels and modules with 8 billion U.S. dollars, up 84.3%. Imports in most industries maintained rapid growth, with imports of computers, electronic components and electronic devices increasing by 56.5%, 58.9% and 51.6% respectively.
General trade exports have maintained rapid growth. From January to April, general trade exports accounted for 26.6 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 53.4% ​​year-on-year, and 17.1 percentage points higher than the average growth rate of exports. Imports and processing trade export exports were 162 and 112.5 billion U.S. dollars, up 28.6% and 32.6% respectively. The rate is lower than the industry average of 7.7 and 3.7 percentage points. General trade imports were 25.3 billion U.S. dollars, up 36.4%; incoming and processing trade imports were 161 and 54.8 billion U.S. dollars, up 58.5% and 48.4% respectively.
The export growth rate of private enterprises is leading, and foreign-funded enterprises dominate. In January-April, private enterprises exported 13.4 billion U.S. dollars, up 67.5% year-on-year, 31.2 percentage points higher than the average export growth rate; Foreign-funded enterprises exported 109.6 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 64.8% of total exports, up 34.9% year-on-year. The industry-wide average was 1.7 percentage points lower; state-owned enterprises exported 11.5 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 38.8% year-on-year.