Ministry of Commerce: Home appliances to the countryside products sales more than 15 billion yuan

Xinhua Beijing, June 15 (Xinhua Zhu Liyi, Remin) Ministry of Commerce spokesman Yao Jian 15th said, as at the end of May, home appliances to the countryside products have been sold 9.87 million units, sales amounted to 15.3 billion yuan. Yao said that May, home appliances to the countryside product sales reached 2.23 million units, sales of 4 billion yuan, 42% increase than April.　　In addition, June 1, the State Council approved the relevant departments on home appliances products "to replace the old" Implementation of the program will be television, refrigerators, washing machines, air-conditioning, computers and other 5 types of household electrical appliances products "old for new" subsidies. He said that at present, the Beijing-Tianjin-Shanghai-Zhejiang Lu Yue and Fuzhou, Changsha and other 9 provinces and cities were selected as a pilot. According to the relevant policies, home appliance vendors and recycling enterprises will be determined through tender, dismantling enterprises from the pilot provinces identified 1-2.　　Specific operations, in the consumer put forward sold requirements, recycling enterprises to reclaim the old home appliances, and to its home appliances "old for new" vouchers, consumers to buy subsidies within the scope of the 5 categories of new appliances, vendors will be corresponding discount prices. Yao said that the Ministry of Commerce is now working with the relevant departments to develop appliances "to replace the old" specific implementation measures.