| China exported software worth of 610 million U.S. | | | | exports of 500 million U.S. dollars in the January |
| dollars in the first ten months of 2006, more than | | | | .October. period, up 40.4 percent year-on-year. |
| 80 percent of which was made by foreign | | | | The figure from private local companies declined |
| companies operating in China. | | | | 9.3percent to 60 million U.S. dollars, according to |
| Customs statistics released here showed that the | | | | customs statistics of China. |
| value of national software exports rose 30.7 | | | | In the press release on its website, China |
| percent year on year but the proportion from | | | | Customs attributed the bad performance of local |
| private local companies dropped in the period. | | | | companies to their small scale and lack of |
| Foreign-funded companies recorded software | | | | competitiveness in the international market. |