The import and export of electronic information products by China went down 19.5 percent in the first ten months from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

The combined import and export value was US$607.63 billion from January to October, about 34.6 percent of the country's overall foreign trade.

In breakdown, export fell 18.35 percent year on year to US$359.38 billion. Import was down 21.11 percent to US$248.25 billion.

Communication equipment export dropped 10.07 percent to US$65.03 billion. Broadcast and TV equipment sank 29.08 percent to US$5.41 billion. Computer products dived 17.35 percent to US$132.06 billion.

China's imports and exports totaled US$1.76 trillion from January to October, down 19.9 percent from the same period last year.

(Xinhua News Agency December 4, 2009)