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Table 1 : China's visible trade

China's total

exports (US$Mn)

China's total imports (US$ Mn)

Visible trade balance (US$ Mn)

1981

22 010 (N.A.)

22 010 (N.A.)

0

1982

22 350 (2)

19 280 (-12)

+3 070

1983

22 230 (-1)

21 390 (11)

+840

1984

26 140 (18)

27 410 (28)

-1 270

1985

27 360 (5)

42 250 (54)

-14 890

1986

30 900

(13)

42 900 (2)

-12 000

Average annual

growth rate in

money terms (%)

1981-1986

(5 years)

7

14

1987 H1

16 600 (24)

18 600 (-6)

-2 010

Note :

Source :

() Figures in brackets represent year-on-year

percentage increases.

China's Customs Statistics