Foreign trade

The total trade of Anhui Province reached US$3.33 billion in value in 2000, up by 25.7 per cent over US$2.65 billion in 1999. Export contributed to nearly 65 per cent of the province's foreign trade and the total export value was US$2.16 billion, up by 29 per cent over US$1.68 billion in 1999. However, export had less weight in terms of its contribution to the province's GDP. Export earnings in 2000 were equivalent to 5.9 per cent of the province 's GDP and accounted for 0.87 per cent of the country's total export value.

Export of primary products amounted to US$290 million, accounting for 13.4 per cent of the total export value; the export of manufactured products was US$1.87 billion, accounting for 86.6 per cent of total export value (see Table 7.12.2).

Table 7.12.2: Top five export markets, Anhui Province, 1995 and 2000

Country/region	Export value (US$ million)	% of export total
1995
Hong Kong & Macao	342	21.7
Japan	277	17.5
EU	238	15.1
USA	211	13.4
Total	1,068	67.7
2000
North America	421.66	19.5
EU	360.63	16.7
Japan	279.97	12.9
ASEAN	165.18	7.6
Republic of Korea	146.92	6.8
Total	1,374.36	63.5

Total import value was US$1.17 billion, up by 20.1 per cent over US$970 million in 1999. Import of primary products accounted for US$450 million, or 38.9 per cent of the total import value, while import of manufactured products came to US$710 million, 61.1 per cent of the total. The European Union as a whole supplied 18.2 per cent of the province's import needs, a little more than Japan, which provided 18 per cent of the province's total import (see Table 7.12.3).

Table 7.12.3: Top five import origins, Anhui Province, 1995 and 2000

Country/region	Import value (US$ million)	% of import total
1995
EU	144	19.7
USA & Canada	125	17.1
Japan	123	16.8
Hong Kong & Macao	91	12.4
EU	144	19.7
Total	627	85.7
2000
EU	213.02	18.2
Japan	210.35	18
Republic of Korea	113.05	9.7
North America	112.42	9.7
ASEAN	81.94	7
Total	730.78	62.6