According to Yiwu Customs, Yiwu's total value of self-support import and export business reached 2.36 billion USD in 2009, up 12.9% compared to the previous year. And the export was 2.14 billion USD, up 11.9%, export 220 million USD, up 24.1%, both growing by two digits.

Statistics show that export in the form of general trade in 2009 reached 2.01 billion USD, up 14.1%, accounting for 94.2% of the total and the processing trade 100 million UDS, down 26.8%, accounting for only 4.7%. Private enterprises played a leading part in export and had the biggest increase. Their export value amounted to 1.47 billion USD, up 26.6%, taking up 68.8% of the whole export volume.

Yiwu exports are mainly labor-intensive products and middle-end semi-finished products of capital and technology intensity, including articles for daily use and primary industrial electromechanical products.

People think Yiwu export has to seek breakthrough. We should speed up the transition of the growth method of foreign trade, pay close attention to low-carbon economy, encourage innovation, develop energy-saving and environment-friendly products, and look for new drive for foreign trade development. We should encourage enterprises to build brand, strengthen self-research capability, improve technical and brand values in exports. We should carry out supportive policies, reduce reasonably taxes, and decrease production, and decrease production cost.

Source: China Commodity City