Following are the figures of China's trade volume with Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania and Africa last year, provided by the General Administration of Customs.

-- China's trade volume with other Asian countries and regions amounted to US$ 204.269 billion, up 10.2 percent from 1998. China's exports rose 4.5 percent to US$102.579 billion, while imports from them surged 16.7 percent to US$ 101.690 billion.

-- China's trade with Europe boosted 14.0 percent to US$ 68.129 billion, among which exports stood at US$ 35.475 billion, up 6.1 percent, and imports surged 24 percent to US$ 32.654 billion.

-- Trade with North America amounted to US$ 66.204 billion, up 11.8 from the previous year; exports grew 10.8 percent to 44.368 billion dollars, while imports increased 14.1 to US$ 21.816 billion.

-- Sino-Latin American trade volume was US$ 8.260 billion, a slight 0.6 percent decrease from 1998. Exports dropped 1 percent to US$ 5.269 billion, and imports budged 0.1 percent upward to US$ 2.991 billion.

-- Trade volume between China and Oceania hit US$ 7.304 billion, up 25.5 percent over 1998; exports reached US$ 3.113 billion, up 16.0 percent, and imports shot up 33.7 percent to US$ 4.191 billion.

-- Sino-African trade reached 6.484 billion U.S. dollars, up 17. 2 percent. Exports to Africa rose only 1.3 percent to 4.108 billion U.S. dollars, whereas imports sky-rocketed by an impressive 60.9 percent to 2.375 billion dollars.