| 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. | ||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2004 | 95539.1 | 49103.3 | 46435.8 | 2667.5 | 11545.5 | 5933.2 | 5612.3 | 320.9 |
| a) A negative balance indicates an unfavourable balance of foreign trade. | ||||||||