18-3  Total Value of Imports and Exports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data in 1978 were obtained from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, and the data since 1980 have been obtained from the customs statistics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

100 million Yuan

USD 100 million

 

 

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

 

1989

4156.0

1956.1

2199.9

-243.8

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

1357.0

719.1

637.9

81.2

 

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

26849.7

15223.6

11626.1

3597.5

3239.5

1837.1

1402.4

434.7

 

1999

29896.2

16159.8

13736.4

2423.4

3606.3

1949.3

1657.0

292.3

 

2000

39273.2

20634.4

18638.8

1995.6

4742.9

2492.0

2250.9

241.1

 

 

 

 

2001

42183.6

22024.4

20159.2

1865.2

5096.5

2661.0

2435.5

225.5

 

2002

51378.2

26947.9

24430.3

2517.6

6207.7

3256.0

2951.7

304.3

 

2003

70483.5

36287.9

34195.6

2092.3

8509.9

4382.3

4127.6

254.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) A negative balance indicates an unfavourable balance of foreign trade.