Anhui’s labor-intensive exports surge 50% in May

In May , Anhui province exported 6.41 billion yuan of labor-intensive products, up 48.8% from a year earlier, according to Hefei customs.

Exports of private firms reached 4.64 billion yuan, an increase of 55.4%. Exports of state-owned enterprises reached 1.2 billion yuan, up 67.8%. Exports of foreign-funded enterprises dropped 5.8% to 570 million yuan.

Exports to the United States increased 41.5% to 1.63 billion yuan. Exports to the Europe(Nyheter)an Union (excluding the United Kingdom) totaled 1.57 billion yuan, up 77.5%. Exports to Japan increased 130 percent to 570 million yuan.