18-3  Total Value of Imports and Exports
Data in 1978 were from the Ministry of Foreign Trade; and data since 1980 are  from 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
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
   
2006 140971.4 77594.6 63376.9 14217.7 17604.0 9689.4 7914.6 1774.8
                 
   
a) A negative balance indicates trade deficit. That is, imports surpassing exports exports.