In 2017, the Hubei lighting industry completed a total of US$142 million worth of exports, a year-on-year increase of 15.54%. The top five countries in terms of exports are France, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, and Brazil. Among them: France completed a cumulative export value of 28 million US dollars (accounting for 19.95%), an increase of 4912.02%; the United States completed a cumulative export value of 27 million US dollars (accounting for 18.91%), an increase of 42.95%.
From the perspective of the distribution of sub-sectors, lighting lamps and lanterns completed a total export value of 125 million US dollars (87.78%), a year-on-year increase of 9.35%; electric light sources (bulbs) completed a cumulative export value of US$14 million (accounting for 9.74%), a year-on-year increase of 183.61%; Self-powered lighting fixtures and their parts completed a cumulative export value of 0.04 billion U.S. dollars (2.47%), an increase of 8.63% year-on-year; discharge lamps or ballasts used in discharge lamps completed a total export value of 0 billion U.S. dollars (0.01%), an increase of – 98.67%.