Beijing – China exported 6.5m refrigerators and freezers in October 2020, up 53% from October 2019. The value of these exports rose by 57% year on year, to $783m, according to China’s General Administration of Customs.
Exports over the first 10 months of 2020 totalled 56m units, a 28% increase compared with the same period in 2019. The 10-month value of exports also improved by 21% year on year, to $6.5bn.
China’s refrigerator exports have retained double-digit growth across the board since August.
The country’s production of refrigerators in October, excluding freezers, ramped up 26% from a year ago to 8.8m units, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The 10-month production of refrigerators rose by 4% from October 2019, to 74m units. In September, this number jumped 1.7%, the first time it has showed an increase in 2020.
China recorded 3.1m units freezer production in October, up 82% from a year ago. The 10-month production of freezers was 24m units, up 50% from the same period in 2019.
China’s fridge exports maintain upswing in October
