As is estimated, the total import and export value of Zhongshan in the first 11 months in 2010 hit 28.23 billion, 28% up year-on-year. Export value, with an increase of 27.8% year-on-year, reached 20.42 billion and import value, increasing by 28.5% year-on-year, came to 7.81 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of 12.61 billion. This is for the first time that export in Zhongshan topped 20 billion, which rose by 18.7% compared to the same period in the 2008 financial crisis. To address the crisis, Zhongshan has made great efforts to optimize export structure. As a result, the export of mechanical and electrical products increased dramatically with a much bigger growth than that of traditional commodities, such as clothes, lightings, and furniture.