China |
|
| TRADE AND BUSINESS |
| Agriculture
- products |
rice,
wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton,
oilseed; pork; fish |
| Exports |
$325.6 billion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Exports
- commodities |
machinery
and equipment; textiles and clothing, footwear, toys and sporting
goods; mineral fuels |
| Exports
- partners |
US 21.5%,
Hong Kong 18%, Japan 14.9%, South Korea 4.8% (2002) |
| Imports |
$295.3 billion
f.o.b. (2002 est.) |
| Imports-
commodities |
machinery
and equipment, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, chemicals
|
| Imports
- partners |
Japan 18.1%,
Taiwan 10.5%, South Korea 9.7%, US 9.2%, Germany 5.6% (2002) |
| Currency |
yuan (CNY)
note:: also referred to as the Renminbi (RMB) |
| Exchange
rates |
yuan per
US dollar - 8.28 (2002), 8.28 (2001), 8.28 (2000), 8.28 (1999),
8.28 (1998) |
| Fiscal
year |
calendar
year |
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