In the first half of 2017, the global economy recovered moderately and the domestic economy stabilized. However, the situation facing China's foreign trade development is still complicated and severe, and uncertainties and unstable factors have increased significantly. The total import and export volume of the country in the first half of the year was 13.14 trillion yuan, an increase of 19.6% over the same period of last year, of which exports were 7.21 trillion yuan, an increase of 15%; imports were 5.93 trillion yuan, an increase of 25.7%. In the first half of the year, China's foreign trade import and export achieved rapid growth, which not only continued the trend of stabilization in the second half of last year, but also set the highest growth rate in the first half of 2011 since the second half of 2011. The coordination of foreign trade import and export growth is improving. . In this environment, China's hardware industry maintained a positive growth in both foreign trade and export trade in the first half of the year, and export trade showed a rapid increase. The overall export growth rate of the industry was higher than 10.44% in the first quarter. The growth rate of industry exports was basically the same. According to customs statistics, from January to June 2017, China's hardware industry completed a total import and export volume of 60.942 billion US dollars, an increase of 11.00%. Among them: the accumulated export value was US$500.64 billion, up 12.30% year-on-year, an increase of 21.32 percentage points over the same period of last year; the cumulative import value was US$10.877 billion, up 5.42% year-on-year, and 9.69 percentage points higher than the same period of last year. From January to June, the industry achieved a total foreign trade surplus of 39.187 billion US dollars, compared with the same period last year, the trade surplus increased by 3.263 billion US dollars. From January to June 2017, the sub-industries of hardware products were sorted according to the cumulative import and export volume: construction hardware, tool hardware, sanitary products, daily hardware, cooking utensils and aluminum products, locks, gas cookers, kitchen equipment, Stainless steel cutlery, zipper and range hood. Among them, the total import and export volume of construction hardware, tool hardware, sanitary products and daily-use hardware in the first half of the year accounted for 32.78%, 18.13%, 13.53% and 12.93%, respectively, and the construction hardware and tool hardware accounted for two industries. Compared with the same period of last year, the two industries of sanitary products and daily hardware accounted for a slight decrease compared with the same period of last year. From January to June 2017, China's hardware products were mainly exported to the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Vietnam, South Korea, India, Australia, the Russian Federation and other 229 countries and regions. Compared with the same period of last year, there were 2 new trade zones and 2 trade reduction zones; the import came from 151 countries or regions such as Germany, Japan, the United States, South Korea, Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China, Italy, France, Britain and Malaysia. Compared with the same period of last year, there were 29 new trading countries and 22 trading countries. The main foreign trade mode of China's hardware products industry is the general trade mode. From January to June 2017, the import and export trade volume of general trade was 42.069 billion US dollars, an increase of 9.83% year-on-year, accounting for 69.03% of the total import and export value of the whole industry. Among them, exports by general trade were 34.241 billion US dollars, up 9.55% year-on-year; imports by general trade were 7.829 billion US dollars, up 11.06% year-on-year. From January to June 2017, the cumulative export volume of the national hardware industry was mainly concentrated in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, Fujian, Hebei, Tianjin, Liaoning, Beijing and other regions. The total export value of these regions accounted for the total export value of the industry. 95.68%; the import volume is mainly concentrated in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Beijing, Shandong, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Fujian and other regions. The total import value of the above regions accounts for 89.96% of the total import value of the industry. From January to June 2017, the total trade volume between China's hardware products and the countries along the “Belt and Road†was 15.685 billion US dollars, accounting for 25.74% of the total trade in hardware products, an increase of 11.11%. Among them, the total export value was 14.662 billion US dollars, accounting for 29.29% of the total exports of hardware products, an increase of 11.46%; 1.023 billion US dollars, accounting for 9.41% of the total imports, an increase of 6.42%. In the export trade of countries along the “Belt and Roadâ€, mainly concentrated in Vietnam, India, the Russian Federation, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia and other countries or regions, the total exports accounted for “the area†62.9% of the total exports of the countries along the way, all maintained positive growth, of which the Russian Federation’s exports grew the fastest year-on-year, reaching 30.5%. In the first half of the year, 49 countries maintained positive growth in the export trade of the hardware industry and 64 countries along the “Belt and Roadâ€. Among them, the export value of Laos, Mongolia and Azerbaijan increased the most, with more than 100%. In the countries along the “Belt and Roadâ€, the main focus is on Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Poland, Singapore, the Philippines, Israel and other countries or regions. The total import volume accounts for the countries along the “Belt and Roadâ€. 87.7% of the total imports, except Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines, have maintained positive growth, with Israel growing the fastest year-on-year, reaching 48.1%. In the first half of the year, 44 countries maintained positive growth in the hardware industry and import trade in 64 countries along the “Belt and Roadâ€. Imports from Iraq, Bangladesh and Myanmar grew the fastest year-on-year, both exceeding 1000%. From January to June 2017, the main hardware products exported to the countries along the “Belt and Road†include valves, nails, door and window hardware, wire mesh, faucet, shower room, stainless steel cooking utensils, locks, flashlights and other lighting. Appliances, etc.; the main hardware products imported from the countries along the “Belt and Road†include valves, measuring tools, nails, hairdressing appliances, steel pipe joints, locks, stainless steel vacuum flasks and their utensils, razors, etc. Since 2017, due to the gradual emergence of a series of policy effects of the State Council's support for foreign trade development in recent years, combined with the combination of increased demand, rising prices, and low base, China's foreign trade has generally continued to stabilize in the first half of this year. Under this environment, China's hardware industry's external import and export trade showed positive growth, and export trade continued to accelerate. In the first half of the year, the cumulative export growth rate of the whole industry increased by 1.86 percentage points from the first quarter. The bilateral trade between the industry and major trading partners such as Asia Pacific, EU, ASEAN and the United States has increased significantly. In the second half of the year, there are still many unstable and uncertain factors in the operation of foreign trade, and some deep-seated contradictions and difficulties will exist for a long time. However, China's trade structure is constantly being optimized, quality and efficiency continue to improve, new kinetic energy continues to accumulate, and stability is good. Editor in charge: Zhao Hongli Chain Lifting Platform,Lifting Platform Chain Machine,Stage Lifting Tower Masts,Stage Lifting Tower Mast TIANHEMAST , https://www.robomasts.com