East China's Zhejiang Province exported 7.969 million mobile phones during the first 11 months of this year, an increase of 65.3 percent over the same period of last year, according to local customs sources.

The figures released by Hangzhou Customs show that the mobile phone exports were valued at 680 million US dollars, up 76.8 percent over the same period of last year.

Foreign-funded businesses contribute 68.7 percent to the exports, totaling 470 million dollars in value. State-owned companies contribute 29.9 percent worth 200 million dollars.

The province's imports of mobile phones stood at 345,000 units valued at 33.55 million US dollars, down 88 percent and 89.4 percent respectively over the same period of last year.

(Xinhua News Agency December 28, 2004)