Foreign trade


Jilin province achieved an increase of 15.99 per cent in its import and export value in 2000, which grew from US$2.21698 billion in 1999 to US$2.5714 billion.

Total export value increased from US$1.01956 billion in 1999 to US$1.25783 billion in 2000, up by 23.4 per cent. Export value comprised 5.7 per cent of the province's GDP (RMB182 billion) and accounted for 0.5 per cent of the entire country's total export value in 2000.

The province exported US$597.99 million worth of primary products in 2000 and export of manufactured products amounted to US$659.86 million. Exports were destined for 131 countries and regions and the top five export markets accounted for nearly 70 per cent of all exports (see Table 7.7.2).

Table 7.7.2: Top five export markets, Jilin Province, 1995 and 2000

Country/region

Export value (US$ million)

% of export total

1995

Japan

371.11

26.14

Hong Kong

223.64

15.76

Republic of Korea

189.51

13.35

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

98.95

6.97

Total

967.95

68.19

2000

Republic of Korea

362.75

28.8

Japan

256.01

20.4

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

98.20

7.8

USA

88.41

7.0

Malaysia

65.02

5.2

Total

870.39

69.2

Import value totalled US$1.31357 billion, up by 9.7 per cent over US$1.19741 billion in 1999.

Import of primary products and manufactured products amounted to US$259.79 million and US$1.05372 billion respectively, making up 19.8 per cent and 80.2 per cent of total import value.

Imports originated from 66 countries and regions. The massive production of automotive products in the province resulted in Germany being the biggest import market, taking 44.7 per cent of the province's imports (see Table 7.7.3).

Table 7.7.3: Top five import markets, Jilin Province, 1995 and 2000

Country/region

Import value (US$ million)

% of import total

1995

Germany

533.56

35.34

Republic of Korea

153.92

10.19

USA

146.97

9.37

Japan

110.87

7.34

Russia

89.88

5.95

Total

1,035.2

68.19

2000

Germany

587.66

44.7

Japan

149.58

11.4

USA

146.58

11.2

Republic of Korea

65.88

5.0

Russia

58.59

4.5

Total

1,008.29

76.8




Doing Business with China
Doing Business with China
ISBN: 1905050089
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 648
Authors: Lord Brittan

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