Doing Business with China
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 | US$100 million | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Total Imports & Exports | Total Exports | Total Imports | Balance | Total Imports & Exports | Total Exports | Total Imports | Balance |
| 1978 | 355.0 | 167.6 | 187.4 | “19.8 | 206.4 | 97.5 | 108.9 | “11.4 |
| 1979 | 454.6 | 211.7 | 242.9 | “31.2 | 293.3 | 136.6 | 156.7 | “20.1 |
| 1980 | 570.0 | 271.2 | 298.8 | “27.6 | 381.4 | 181.2 | 200.2 | “19.0 |
| 1981 | 735.3 | 367.6 | 367.7 | “0.1 | 440.3 | 220.1 | 220.2 | “0.1 |
| 1982 | 771.3 | 413.8 | 357.5 | 56.3 | 416.1 | 223.2 | 192.9 | 30.3 |
| 1983 | 860.1 | 438.3 | 421.8 | 16.5 | 436.2 | 222.3 | 213.9 | 8.4 |
| 1984 | 1,201.0 | 580.5 | 620.5 | “40.0 | 535.5 | 261.4 | 274.1 | “12.7 |
| 1985 | 2,066.7 | 808.9 | 1,257.8 | “448.9 | 696.0 | 273.5 | 422.5 | “149.0 |
| 1986 | 2,580.4 | 1,082.1 | 1,498.3 | “416.2 | 738.5 | 309.4 | 429.1 | “119.7 |
| 1987 | 3,084.2 | 1,470.0 | 1,614.2 | “144.2 | 826.5 | 394.4 | 432.1 | “37.7 |
| 1988 | 3,821.8 | 1,766.7 | 2,055.1 | “288.4 | 1,027.9 | 475.2 | 552.7 | “77.5 |
| 1989 | 4,155.9 | 1,956.0 | 2,199.9 | “243.9 | 1,116.8 | 525.4 | 591.4 | “66.0 |
| 1990 | 5,560.1 | 2,985.8 | 2,574.3 | 411.5 | 1,154.4 | 620.9 | 533.5 | 87.4 |
| 1991 | 7,225.8 | 3,827.1 | 3,398.7 | 428.4 | 1,356.3 | 718.4 | 637.9 | 80.5 |
| 1992 | 9,119.6 | 4,676.3 | 4,443.3 | 233.0 | 1,655.3 | 849.4 | 805.9 | 43.5 |
| 1993 | 11,271.0 | 5,284.8 | 5,986.2 | “7,01.4 | 1,957.0 | 917.4 | 1,039.6 | “122.2 |
| 1994 | 20,381.9 | 10,421.8 | 9,960.1 | 4,61.7 | 2,366.2 | 1,210.1 | 1,156.1 | 54.0 |
| 1995 | 23,499.9 | 12,451.8 | 11,048.1 | 1,403.7 | 2,808.6 | 1,487.8 | 1,320.8 | 167.0 |
| 1996 | 24,133.8 | 12,576.4 | 11,557.4 | 1,019.0 | 2,898.8 | 1,510.5 | 1,388.3 | 122.2 |
| 1997 | 26,967.2 | 15,160.7 | 11,806.5 | 3,354.2 | 3,251.6 | 1,827.9 | 1,423.7 | 404.2 |
| 1998 | 26,857.7 | 15,231.6 | 11,626.1 | 3,605.5 | 3,239.5 | 1,837.1 | 1,402.4 | 434.7 |
| 1999 | 29,896.3 | 16,159.8 | 13,736.5 | 2,423.3 | 3,606.3 | 1,949.3 | 1,657.0 | 292.3 |
| 2000 | 39,274.2 | 20,635.2 | 18,639.0 | 1,996.2 | 4,742.9 | 2,492.0 | 2,250.9 | 241.1 |
| 2001 | 42,193.3 | 22,029.1 | 20,164.2 | 5,097.7 | 2,661.6 | 2,436.1 | ||
| Note: A negative balance indicates an unfavourable balance of foreign trade. | ||||||||