In September 2025, the Yongkang hardware industry showed a rich and diverse development trend, with multiple indices showing different trends.
This not only reflects the vitality of the local hardware market, but also provides an important reference for the global hardware trade market.
First of all, let’s look at the prosperity index. As of September 2025, Yongkang Hardware’s three major prosperity indices have increased across the board.
The market trading climate index closed at 93.81 points, an increase of 1.08 points from the previous month.
Among them, the three major sub-indices of market demand, operating efficiency and overall judgment all showed an upward trend, while only the factor supply prosperity index showed a slight decline.
The production prosperity index closed at 99.28 points, up 1.19 points month-on-month. The market demand, operating efficiency and overall judgment index also increased, while the factor supply index fell slightly.
The foreign trade prosperity index closed at 97.23 points, up 3.17 points from the previous month, and the four major sub-categories also showed a pattern of “three increases and one decrease”.
This series of rising trends shows that the Yongkang hardware market has positive development trends in terms of transactions, production and foreign trade, and the market vitality is constantly increasing.
As for the price index, it showed a situation of one increase and two decreases.
The market transaction price index closed at 98.44 points, a month-on-month decrease of 0.10 percentage points.
Among the eight major hardware industries, the door industry and metal materials industry increased month-on-month, while six industries including the automobile industry and cup industry experienced a decrease.
The producer price index closed at 101.27 points, down 0.17 points from the previous month. The industry showed a pattern of “four increases and four decreases”.
The foreign trade price index rose month-on-month, closing at 100.12 points, an increase of 3.77 points. Among them, the power tools and technical equipment industries increased significantly, but six industries including the automobile industry fell.
Different changes in the price index reflect the dynamic adjustment of market supply and demand and the differences in market competitiveness in different industries.
Looking at the industrial development sub-index, the trend also fluctuated.
The e-commerce index increased slightly, with the domestic e-commerce index at 104.56 points and the cross-border e-commerce index at 128.77 points. Cross-border e-commerce showed strong growth momentum.
The innovation index continues to rise, the innovation output index rises and the innovation input index falls.
The industrial chain index dropped slightly, but the index in all aspects of the industrial chain remained at a high level.
The logistics index has increased month-on-month, and various indices such as logistics operation, flow and support have shown good conditions, indicating the efficient operation of Yongkang hardware industry in logistics and distribution.
Taken together, the Yongkang hardware industry will show a complex and positive development trend in multiple dimensions in September 2025.
Changes in these indices not only have an impact on the domestic hardware market, but also provide an important reference for the global hardware trade.
For foreign trade practitioners who want to sell Chinese hardware products to the world, paying close attention to changes in the Yongkang Hardware Index can better grasp market dynamics, formulate reasonable trade strategies, and achieve greater success in the international market.
