| The Asian Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Trade Ministers Meeting
opened in Shanghai on June 6 and will
close on June 7. The following are figures
regarding China's trade with other APEC
members since 1998.
In 1998, China's trade volume with
other APEC members dropped 2.2 percent
to 236.666 billion U.S. dollars. Exports
declined 3.7 percent to 131.988 billion
dollars and imports decreased 0.1 percent
to 104.678 billion dollars.
In 1999, China's trade volume with
other APEC members increased by 11.1
percent to 270.97 billion dollars. Exports
rose by 6.2 percent to 143.26 billion
dollars and imports by 17.3 percent
to 127.71 billion dollars.
In 2000, China's trade with other APEC
members reached 351.72 billion dollars,
up 29.8 percent, with exports amounting
to 182.781 billion dollars, up 27.6
percent, and imports 168.94 billion
dollars, up 32.3 percent.
During the first three months of 2001,
China's trade with other APEC members
totaled 83.219 billion dollars, up 14.7
percent from the same period in 2000.
Exports were 42.457 billion dollars,
up 13 percent, and imports were 40.762
billion dollars, up 16.4 percent. |