| 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 | |||
| 1978 | 355.0 | 167.6 | 187.4 | -19.8 | 206.4 | 97.5 | 108.9 | -11.4 |
| 1980 | 570.0 | 271.2 | 298.8 | -27.6 | 381.4 | 181.2 | 200.2 | -19.0 |
| 1985 | 2066.7 | 808.9 | 1257.8 | -448.9 | 696.0 | 273.5 | 422.5 | -149.0 |
| 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 |
| 2001 | 42193.3 | 22029.1 | 20164.2 | 1864.9 | 5097.6 | 2661.5 | 2436.1 | 225.4 |
| a) A negative balance indicates an unfavourable balance of foreign trade. | ||||||||