Ningbo lighting exports increased quality

In 2012, Ningbo District exported a total of 56,000 lamps and lamps, with a total value of 1.45 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 12% and 23% respectively year-on-year.

From the perspective of product categories, traditional lamps and lanterns represented by outdoor lamps, solar lamps, and work lamps are still export-oriented products, accounting for 30% of the total export volume, an increase of 33% compared to the same period of last year; LED lamps as a “fresh force” are exporting lamps. The proportion in China has increased year by year, accounting for 22% of total exports, a substantial increase of 47% year-on-year.

From the trade country perspective, the EU region is still the “main position” of outdoor lighting exports, accounting for 51% of total exports, an increase of 13% compared to the same period of last year; the importance of the US market has become increasingly significant, accounting for 20% of total exports, compared with last year A substantial increase of 48% year-on-year.

Judging from the on-site inspections, the number of unqualified batches of export lamps decreased by 40% year-on-year, and the rate of failure of export lamps decreased by 0.41 percentage point from the same period of last year.

The reason is that the lighting export companies have reached the point where they do not advance and retreat in the post-financial crisis era. The market forces the mechanism to find its own position and innovate continuously to seek healthy development. First, in order to continue the vitality of the fist products, the company will take the initiative to optimize and improve the traditional products through foreign exhibitions, customer samples, etc., which are more in line with the habits of foreign consumers; the second is to strengthen the competitiveness of new products in mature products. Based on the replacement of light sources, it has been upgraded to become a green, energy-saving LED lamp, which has further expanded into the mid-to-high end markets such as Europe and America. Third, some large and medium-sized enterprises have extended to the upper reaches of the industry chain and achieved the quality through independent production of key components. The dual purpose of controlling and reducing costs; Fourth, the initial results since the implementation of the methods for the classification of export industrial products and the implementation of the type test model, making the concept that "quality is the foundation and safety is the bottom line" has triggered widespread resonance among production enterprises in the jurisdiction.