At present, the hardware products industry has a full range of products, and the output of many products ranks first in the world, with a large share in the global market. According to customs statistics, there are a total of ten categories, 242 tax numbers, and export products cover five continents, more than 220 countries and regions, and the status of China's major hardware production countries has been established.

       According to customs statistics, from January to March 2013, the total import and export volume of China's hardware products industry increased by 9.27%. Among them: the total export value increased by 13.18% year-on-year, and the total import value decreased by 3.79%. From January to March, the accumulated foreign trade surplus of the whole industry increased by 2.659 billion U.S. dollars compared with the same period of 2012, a year-on-year increase of 14.52%, which was significantly lower than the year-on-year value of 32.64% of the light industry trade surplus.

       From January to March 2013, the sub-industries of hardware products were sorted according to the cumulative import and export volume: construction hardware, tool hardware, daily hardware, locks, cooking utensils and others, gas appliances, shower rooms, stainless steel products and kitchens. Equipment, zippers and range hoods. Among them, the total import and export volume of construction hardware, tool hardware and daily hardware in the first half of the year accounted for 42.99%, 17.51% and 12.62% respectively, compared with the same period last year, the construction hardware and tool hardware industry declined slightly. , daily hardware has risen slightly

       From January to March 013, China's hardware products were exported to the United States, Japan, Germany, the Russian Federation, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, India and other 222 countries and regions. Compared with the same period of last year, there were 6 new trading countries and 2 trading countries. Imports came from 120 countries or regions including Japan, Germany, the United States, South Korea, Taiwan Province, People's Republic of China, Italy, France, Britain and Switzerland. Compared with 2012, it has decreased by 17 and has increased by 21 regions.

      The main foreign trade mode of China's hardware products industry is the general trade mode. From January to March 2013, the volume of import and export trade by general trade increased by 12.52% year-on-year, accounting for 73.34% of the total import and export value of the whole industry. Among them, exports by general trade increased by 15.25% year-on-year, down by 3.16 percentage points over the same period of last year; imports by general trade increased by 2.39% year-on-year, down 6.35 percentage points over the same period of last year.

       From January to March 2013, the cumulative export volume of the national hardware industry was mainly concentrated in ten provinces (municipalities) such as Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, Hebei, Fujian, Liaoning, Tianjin, Anhui, etc. The total amount accounts for 93.89% of the total export value of the industry; the import volume is mainly concentrated in ten provinces (municipalities directly under the central government) such as Haihai, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Beijing, Shandong, Liaoning, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Jilin, Fujian, etc. The import value is 87.17%.

       In 2013, the international environment was full of complexity and uncertainty. The domestic economic operation was in the process of seeking a new balance. Many factors have caused certain pressure on the development of China's hardware products. In the first quarter, China's exports of hardware products maintained a good growth trend of more than 10%, and the import volume showed a negative year-on-year growth.

    The National Energy Administration website released data on electricity consumption in the whole society in April on May 14. In April, the total electricity consumption of the whole society was 416.5 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%.

       From January to April, the total electricity consumption of the whole country was 1,630.3 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 4.9%. In terms of industries, the electricity consumption of the primary industry was 27 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%; the electricity consumption of the secondary industry was 118.23 billion kWh, an increase of 4.7%; and the electricity consumption of the tertiary industry was 1985 billion kWh, an increase of 9.1%; The electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 222.5 billion kWh, an increase of 2.4%.

From January to April, the cumulative average utilization hours of power generation equipment in the country was 1,430 hours, a decrease of 51 hours compared with the same period last year. Among them, the average utilization hours of hydropower equipment was 828 hours, an increase of 99 hours; the average utilization hours of thermal power equipment was 1633 hours, a reduction of 74 hours.

       From January to April, the country's new power production capacity (formally put into production) was 18.72 million kilowatts, of which 3.79 million kilowatts of hydropower and 11 million kilowatts of thermal power.