F
China's visible trade balance and foreign exchange reserve position
(US$ Bn)
Exports
Imports
Visible
trade balance
Foreign # exchange
reserves
1980
19.5
20.9
-1.4
2.3
1981
22.0
22.0
1982
22.3
19.3
+3.0
11.1
1983
22.2
21.4
+0.8
14.3
1984
Jan-Sept
17.7
13.5
+4.2
16.7
1984
Oct-Dec
8.4
13.9
-5.5
14.4
1985
Jan-Sept
18.9
28.9
-10.0
12.6
Source:
# Position as at end of period
People's Bank of China
Statistical Yearbook of China 1984
China Trade Handbook
China DataBase Economics & Foreign Trade 22.11.85
People's Republic of China Year Book 1985
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