China's Light Industry Arts & Crafts Gifts Exports in 2011

According to statistics from China Customs, the total import and export volume of China's light industry handicrafts and gifts was US$624.48 billion in 2011, an increase of 22.5% year-on-year, of which exports were US$485.52 billion, which was a year-on-year increase of 23.4% and imports were US$138.96 billion, a year-on-year increase of 19.5%.

In 2011, China's traditional bulk light industry handicraft gifts ranked first in the total: footwear exports 41.723 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.10%, furniture exports 38.361 billion US dollars, an increase of 15.11%, jewelry exports 25,979 million US dollars, an increase of 127.12 %, exports of plastic products 25.681 billion US dollars, an increase of 25.82%, exports of luggage 23.943 billion US dollars, an increase of 32.91%, exports of ceramics 140.53 billion US dollars, an increase of 26.58%, an export of paper pulp 13.813 billion US dollars, an increase of 35.40%, glass products Exports were US$ 12.608 billion, up 22.10% year-on-year, and toy exports were US$ 10.826 billion, up 7.45% year-on-year.

In 2011, there were 161,000 young crafts and gifts export enterprises, including 49,000 foreign-funded enterprises, accounting for 30.53% of the total number of exports, export value of US$ 19.581 billion, accounting for 40.34% of total light industry handicrafts exports, and 106,000 private enterprises. Accounted for 65.89% of the total exports, the export amount was 236.587 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 48.73% of the total export volume of light industry handicrafts; the number of state-owned enterprises was less than 5,000, which accounted for 2.91% of the total exports, the export value was 52.246 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 10.76% of the total export volume of light industry handicrafts. %.

In the middle of 2011, general trade exports remained the main form. The export value was 280.88 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 26.94% year-on-year, accounting for 57.85% of the total export value; the processing trade export value was 162.993 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 20.15% year-on-year, accounting for the total export volume. 33.57%.

In the major export markets of China, exports to the United States in 2011 amounted to US$112.97 billion, up 14.72% year-on-year; exports to the EU were US$10.069 billion, which represented a year-on-year increase of 19.98%; exports to Hong Kong were USD55.023 billion, up 46.21% year-on-year; exports to Japan were 32.609 billion. The United States dollar, an increase of 19.95%.

Among exporting provinces and cities, Guangdong's exports of young crafts and gifts continued to rank first in 2011, with an export value of 16.7055 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 34.40% of the total export volume of light industry handicrafts, an increase of 20.85% year-on-year, and Zhejiang Province’s export value of 70.495 billion U.S. dollars, year-on-year. 18.46% increase; Jiangsu exports USD 47.987 billion, an increase of 14.13%; Fujian exports USD 37.695 billion, an increase of 38.27% year-on-year; Shandong exports USD 35.285 billion, a year-on-year increase of 23.04%; Shanghai exports USD 33.017 billion, an increase of 14.43% year-on-year .