In 2012， Shanghai’s publishing was active in foreign copyright trade. It imported 1，408 titles， up 148 titles， or 11.7% year on year； and exported 342 titles， up 46 titles， or 15.5% over the last year. With a considerable import and export increase， Shanghai was productive in copyright export.
　　Shanghai’s foreign copyright trade featured the follows. First， a narrowed trade deficit. In 2012， the trade deficit was 4.12：1， lower than 4.26：1 of the last year. And it realized trade surplus against Hong Kong， Taiwan， Singapore， Korea etc.， with a high surplus of 1：3.08 against Hong Kong. Second， a changed copyright export structure. In 2012， Shanghai exported 142 titles to European counties and America， 41.5% or the biggest part of the total exports； and exported 120 titles to Hong Kong， Macao and Taiwan， 35.1% of the total， down 13%. The figures reflect the structural change of Shanghai’s copyright export which mainly resting on Hong Kong， Macao and Taiwan before. Third， a stably increased copyright import. In 2012， Shanghai imported 1，408 titles， up 11.7% year on year， and a small increase compared with the 11.2% growth last year. America， Britain and Japan were the three biggest copyright exporters. 446 titles were imported from America， up 2.8% year on year； 358 from Britain， up 23.9%； and 186 from Japan， up 31.9%.