China Mobile Phone Export Volume Reached 385 Million Units in 2006
(Top News, 13 Jun 2007 )
China's mobile phone output reached 455 million units, accounting for 43.75 percent of the worldwide total of 1.04 billion units, in 2006.
With the influx of overseas cell-phone giants setting up their bases in the region, China has become a global mobile phone manufacturing center
According to the China Customs and Ministry of Commerce, in 2006, China mobile phone export volume reached 385 million units, up 69.1 percent year-on-year; and valued at $31.214 billion, up 52.6 percent from a year earlier.
The data from China Customs, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Information Industry shows that during the perion from 2001-2006, China's domestic mobile phone manufactures have witnessed a rapid growth in mobile phone export, from 510,000 units in 2002 to 32.61 million units in 2006.
Home-made mobile phones were mainly exported to the developing countries in Southeast Asia and South Asia such as India and Vietnam in 2006. But home-made mobile phones are exported to these countries in terms of cooperative brands, which indicate that the home-made mobile phone brands do not have strong influences in the overseas markets.
