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
2004	95539.1	49103.3	46435.8	2667.5	11545.5	5933.2	5612.3	320.9
2005	116921.8	62648.1	54273.7	8374.4	14219.1	7619.5	6599.5	1020.0
a) A negative balance indicates an unfavourable balance of foreign trade.