Editorial Summary

China's IT product import and export volume totaled $349.85 billion, up 21.2% year-on-year, in the first five months of 2008, according to Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) statistics released on Monday. Exports made up $201.95 billion, up 24.1% year-on-year, of the total, while imports came in at $147.9 billion, up 17.4% year-on-year. IT exports accounted for 37.1% of China's total export volume and IT imports accounted for 31.7% of China's total import volume during the period.

Nationwide LCD TV production was up 12.9% year-on-year to 62.326 million units for the first five months.