In April 2026, Yongkang hardware market showed a unique development trend in multiple dimensions.
As of this month, Yongkang Hardware’s three major prosperity indexes have shown ups and downs. The foreign trade prosperity index has increased month-on-month, while the market transaction prosperity index and production prosperity index have declined month-on-month.
First, let’s look at the prosperity index.
The trading prosperity index of Yongkang Hardware Market dropped slightly, closing at 92.86 points as of April, down 0.91 points from the previous month.
Compared with March, the factor supply prosperity index increased month-on-month, while the market demand prosperity index, operating efficiency prosperity index and overall judgment prosperity index decreased month-on-month, showing a pattern of “one increase and three decreases”.
The Yongkang Hardware Production Prosperity Index also dropped month-on-month, closing in April at 98.89 points, a month-on-month decrease of 1.96 points. The factor supply prosperity index also increased month-on-month, while the other three items decreased month-on-month.
However, the Yongkang Hardware Foreign Trade Prosperity Index performed well, closing at 98.19 points in April, an increase of 5.29 points month-on-month. The market demand, operating efficiency and overall judgment prosperity index increased month-on-month, while the factor supply prosperity index decreased month-on-month, showing a pattern of “three increases and one decrease”.
In terms of price index, as of April 2026, the three major price indexes of Yongkang Hardware have all increased.
The transaction price index of Yongkang Hardware Market increased slightly, closing at 98.61 points in April, an increase of 0.42 percentage points from the previous month.
The six major industries of automobile industry, cup industry, power tools, electrical appliances and kitchenware, technical equipment and metal materials increased month-on-month, among which the cup industry had the largest increase; the two major industries of door industry and leisure appliances decreased month-on-month, showing a “six rises and two falls” pattern.
Yongkang Hardware Production Price Index increased month-on-month, closing at 103.84 points in April, an increase of 0.92 percentage points month-on-month. The cup industry ranked first in the increase, and it also followed the pattern of “six rises and two falls”.
The Yongkang Hardware Foreign Trade Price Index rose slightly, closing in April at 100.43 points, up 0.83 percentage points from the previous month. The cup industry had the largest increase, still in the pattern of “six rises and two falls”.
From the perspective of the industrial development sub-index, the trend is improving.
The Yongkang Hardware E-commerce Index rose slightly, reaching 122.62 points in April, up 0.67 points month-on-month. The domestic e-commerce index closed at 105.61 points, and the cross-border e-commerce index closed at 139.63 points.
The Yongkang Hardware Innovation Index rose slightly, reaching 129.77 points in April, up 0.98 points from the previous month. Both the innovation input index and the innovation output index increased to varying degrees.
The Yongkang Hardware Industry Chain Index rebounded slightly, closing at 102.26 points in April, up 0.96 points month-on-month. The scale, quality and stability indexes of the industry chain each performed well.
In general, the Yongkang hardware market in April 2026 showed complex and diverse changes in terms of prosperity, prices, and industrial development. These changes reflect market dynamics and industry development trends. For relevant companies and practitioners, it is necessary to pay close attention to the changes in these indexes in order to make more reasonable decisions.
