The import volume of construction hardware was 5.955 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 19.3% year-on-year. Among them, valve products were US$3.44 billion, up 28.1% year-on-year; wire, nail and mesh products were US$1.66 billion, up 4.9% year-on-year; pipe connection products were US$523 million, up 11% year-on-year; and tap products were 142 million. The US dollar increased by 24.6% year-on-year; hinged products were US$85 million, an increase of 32.8% year-on-year; and door and window hardware accessories were US$79 million, an increase of 51.9% year-on-year.

Tool hardware imports amounted to 2.467 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 31.7% year-on-year. Among them, the measuring tool was 1.245 billion U.S. dollars, up 34.6% year-on-year; the small electric tools were 222 million U.S. dollars, up 26.1% year-on-year; the saws were 80 million U.S. dollars, up 70.2% year-on-year; the wrenches were 505 million U.S. dollars, up 17% year-on-year; The tool kit was US$0.2 billion, an increase of 53.8% year-on-year; the pliers category was US$107 million, an increase of 41.7% year-on-year; the gardening tool was US$0.026 billion, a year-on-year increase of 44.4%.

The amount of daily hardware imports was US$433 million, an increase of 13.9% year-on-year.

Among them, the razor category was US$149 million, an increase of 6.4% year-on-year; the needle and button were US$158 million, an increase of 14.5% year-on-year; the knife and scissors category was US$36 million, an increase of 16.1% year-on-year; the lighter category was US$14 million. , an increase of 7.7% year-on-year; safe deposits were US$0.023 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 27.7%, and hairdressing appliances were US$0.033 billion, an increase of 94.1% year-on-year.

The import volume of locks was 273 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 16.2% year-on-year.

Cooking utensils and other imports amounted to $273 million. Among them, cooking utensils products were US$22 million, an increase of 144.4% year-on-year. The other was US$251 million, an increase of 46.8% year-on-year.

The import value of zippers was 188 million US dollars, an increase of 14.6% over the same period last year.

Imports of stainless steel products and kitchen equipment were US$38 million, an increase of 2.7% over the same period last year. Among them, kitchen equipment was US$0.327 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 0.3%; tableware was US$0.06 billion, an increase of 50% year-on-year.

Imports of gas appliances amounted to US$22 million, an increase of 10.6% year-on-year. Among them, gas water heaters were US$10.05 billion, up 0.2% year-on-year; gas cookers were US$11 million, up 22.2% year-on-year.

Shower room imports amounted to US$141 million, an increase of 41% year-on-year.

The value of the range hood imports was US$0.082 billion, an increase of 38.9% year-on-year.

According to the data of the Customs in the first half of 2011, the tax numbers involved in the hardware industry were summarized and compared with the data in the first half of 2010 to analyze the development trend of the industry's product import and export. In the first half of 2011, the total value of imports and exports reached US$ 41.901 billion, an increase of 21.9% over the same period of last year. Among them, the total value of exports was 32.102 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 21.6% year-on-year; the total amount of imports was 9.799 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 22.7% year-on-year. analyse as below:

(I) Imports:

Imports from all continents were: 1.329 billion U.S. dollars in North America, up 26.2% year-on-year; Asia’s 4.776 billion U.S. dollars, up 18.9% year-on-year; Europe’s 3.681 billion U.S. dollars, up 26.7% year-on-year; Latin America’s US$ 0.49 billion, up The increase was 36.1%; Africa was US$0.05 million, a year-on-year decrease of 11.7%; Oceania was US$27 million, a decrease of 1.3% from the same period last year.

The top five rankings of major importing countries and regions of imported products are still in order: Japan, Germany, the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan. In addition, compared with the same period of last year, there were fewer imports from the following countries: Oman (Asia), Yemen (Asia), Uzbekistan (Asia), Benin (Africa), Cameroon (Africa), China Non (Africa), Djibouti (Africa), Mauritania (Africa), Mozambique (Africa), Rwanda (Africa), Togo (Africa), Eritrea (Africa), Albania (Europe), Armenia (Europe), Honduras (Latin America) ), Trinidad and Tobago (Latin America), Vanuatu (Oceania), Kiribati (Oceania). At the same time, the number of importing countries and regions has also increased as follows: Brunei (Asia), Laos (Asia), Angola (Africa), Congolese cloth (Africa), Gambia (Africa), Kenya (Africa), Liberia ( Africa), Sierra Leone (Africa), Sudan (Africa), Moldova (Europe), Former Yugoslav Macedonia (Europe), Bolivia (Latin America), Paraguay (Latin America), Saint Lucia (Latin America), El Salvador (Latin America) Suriname (Latin America), New Caledonia (Oceania), Solomon Islands (Oceania). A total of 132 imported countries and regions have been reached.

(II) Export situation:

Exports from all continents were: US$7.441 billion in North America, up 17.6% year-on-year; Asia’s US$106.76 billion, up 22.9% year-on-year; Europe’s US$9.419 billion, up 21.4% year-over-year; and Latin America’s US$2.052 billion. This was an increase of 37.2%; Africa was 1.667 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 13.6% year-on-year; Oceania was 848 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 28.9% year-on-year.

The top few countries and regions of export products are still in the order of: the United States, Japan, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong, China. Compared to the same period of last year, the three export reductions were: Gibraltar (Europe), Cayman Islands (Latin America), and the Marquesas Islands (Oceania); it also added one export country: Greenland (North America) . A total of 223 export countries and regions have been reached.

Hardware products are now classified for comparison:

The export value of construction hardware was US$13.311 billion, an increase of 27.5% year-on-year. Among them, wire, nail, and mesh products were US$3.971 billion, an increase of 32.5% year-on-year; valve products were US$3.473 billion, an increase of 33.6% year-on-year; faucet products were US$2.072 billion, an increase of 7% year-on-year; pipeline connection products were 2.121 billion. The U.S. dollar increased 33.4% year-on-year; door and window hardware accessories were US$1.002 billion, an increase of 34.9% year-on-year; and hinged products were US$379 million, an increase of 17.7% year-on-year.

The value of daily hardware exports was US$4,527 million, an increase of 12.9% year-on-year. Among them, knife and scissors products were US$709 million, an increase of 18.4% year-on-year; razors were US$624 million, an increase of 9.9% year-on-year; hairdressing appliance products were US$567 million, an increase of 11.4% year-on-year; and needles and buttons were 401 million. The U.S. dollar increased 14.9% year-on-year; the lighter was 318 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 5.6%; and the safe was 125 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%.

Tool hardware exports amounted to 4.904 billion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 25.4%. Among them, small-sized power tools were US$13.61, up 20.3% year-on-year; saws were US$537 million, up 31% year-on-year; measuring tools were US$374 million, up 41.1% year-on-year; and garden tools were US$291 million, up 14.1% year-on-year; The spanner category was 261 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 21.4% year-on-year; the pliers category was 270 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 26.8% year-on-year; the group kit was 183 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 15.8% year-on-year.

The export value of locks was 2.082 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 15.9% year-on-year.

Cookware and other export value was US$2.053 billion, an increase of 20.1% year-on-year. Among them, cooking utensils was US$1.069 billion, an increase of 15.7% year-on-year. Others were 984 million U.S. dollars, a year-on-year increase of 25.4%.

Exports of stainless steel products and kitchen equipment were US$1.776 billion, an increase of 12.3% year-on-year. Among them, kitchen equipment products were US$1.058 billion, an increase of 9.4% year-on-year. Tableware was US$718 million, an increase of 16.7% year-on-year.

Exports of gas appliances amounted to US$1.53 billion, an increase of 17.6% year-on-year. Among them, gas stove products were 1.122 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 15.9% year-on-year. Gas water heaters were US$408 million, an increase of 22.5% year-on-year.

Shower room exports amounted to US$1.386 billion, an increase of 13.4% year-on-year.

Zipper exports amounted to US$350 million, an increase of 32.6% year-on-year.

The value of the range hood exports was 183 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 13.7% year-on-year.