17-3 Total Value of Imports and Exports
Data before 1979 were obtained from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, and the data since 1980 have been obtained from the customs statistics.
	100 million Yuan				USD 100 million
Year	Total Imports	Total	Total	Balance	Total Imports	Total	Total	Balance
	& Exports	Exports	Imports		& Exports	Exports	Imports
1952	64.6	27.1	37.5	-10.4	19.4	8.2	11.2	-3.0
1957	104.5	54.5	50.0	4.5	31.0	16.0	15.0	1.0
1962	80.9	47.1	33.8	13.3	26.6	14.9	11.7	3.2
1965	118.4	63.1	55.3	7.8	42.5	22.3	20.2	2.1
1970	112.9	56.8	56.1	0.7	45.9	22.6	23.3	-0.7
1975	290.4	143.0	147.4	-4.4	147.5	72.6	74.9	-2.3
1978	355.0	167.6	187.4	-19.8	206.4	97.5	108.9	-11.4
1979	454.6	211.7	242.9	-31.2	293.3	136.6	156.7	-20.1
1980	570.0	271.2	298.8	-27.6	381.4	181.2	200.2	-19.0
1981	735.3	367.6	367.7	-0.1	440.3	220.1	220.2	-0.1
1982	771.3	413.8	357.5	56.3	416.1	223.2	192.9	30.3
1983	860.1	438.3	421.8	16.5	436.2	222.3	213.9	8.4
1984	1201.0	580.5	620.5	-40.0	535.5	261.4	274.1	-12.7
1985	2066.7	808.9	1257.8	-448.9	696.0	273.5	422.5	-149.0
1986	2580.4	1082.1	1498.3	-416.2	738.5	309.4	429.1	-119.7
1987	3084.2	1470.0	1614.2	-144.2	826.5	394.4	432.1	-37.7
1988	3821.8	1766.7	2055.1	-288.4	1027.9	475.2	552.7	-77.5
1989	4155.9	1956.0	2199.9	-243.9	1116.8	525.4	591.4	-66.0
1990	5560.1	2985.8	2574.3	411.5	1154.4	620.9	533.5	87.4
1991	7225.8	3827.1	3398.7	428.4	1356.3	718.4	637.9	80.5
1992	9119.6	4676.3	4443.3	233.0	1655.3	849.4	805.9	43.5
1993	11271.0	5284.8	5986.2	-701.4	1957.0	917.4	1039.6	-122.2
1994	20381.9	10421.8	9960.1	461.7	2366.2	1210.1	1156.1	54.0
1995	23499.9	12451.8	11048.1	1403.7	2808.6	1487.8	1320.8	167.0
1996	24133.8	12576.4	11557.4	1019.0	2898.8	1510.5	1388.3	122.2
1997	26967.2	15160.7	11806.5	3354.2	3251.6	1827.9	1423.7	404.2
1998	26857.7	15231.6	11626.1	3605.5	3239.5	1837.1	1402.4	434.7
1999	29896.3	16159.8	13736.5	2423.3	3606.3	1949.3	1657.0	292.3
2000	39274.2	20635.2	18639.0	1996.2	4742.9	2492.0	2250.9	241.1
a)A negative balance indicates an unfavourable balance of foreign trade.