The General Administration of Customs releases latest facts and figures about the foreign trade in China's five special economic zones (SEZ), China's main export commodities and trade volumes of China's major coastal cities in 1999, respectively.

*Following are facts and figures about the foreign trade in China's five SEZ in 1999:

The Xiamen SEZ reported a total foreign trade turnover of 6.142 billion U.S. dollars, up 0.1 percent year on year. Exports dropped by 0.6 percent to 3.542 billion U.S. dollars, and imports rose one percent to 2.6 billion U.S. dollars.

The Shenzhen SEZ reported a total foreign trade turnover of 24. 914 billion U.S. dollars, up 13.1 percent. Exports grew by 3.8 percent to 12.731 billion U.S. dollars, and imports rose by 24.9 percent to 12.183 billion U.S. dollars.

The Zhuhai SEZ reported a total foreign trade turnover of 5.335 billion U.S. dollars, up seven percent. Exports dropped by 12.8 percent to 2.255 billion U.S. dollars, and imports increased by 28. 3 percent to 3.080 billion U.S. dollars.

The Shantou SEZ reported a total foreign trade turnover of 3. 537 billion U.S. dollars, down 13.2 percent. Exports declined by three percent to 2.071 billion U.S. dollars, and imports dropped by 24.5 percent to 1.467 billion U.S. dollars.

The Hainan SEZ reported a total foreign trade volume of 1.217 billion U.S. dollars, down 30.2 percent. Exports dropped by 2.3 percent to 747.248 million U.S. dollars, and imports plummeted by 52 percent to 469.785 million U.S. dollars.

*Following are the latest facts and figures about China's main export commodities in 1999:

The export of machinery and electronic products increased by 14. 7 percent year on year to 76,974.221 million U.S. dollars.

The export of garment and its accessories stood at 30,057.855 million U.S. dollars, a slight rise from 30,045.547 million U.S. dollars for the previous year.

The export of textile materials and products gained an increase of 1.8 percent year on year to 13,053.781 million U.S. dollars, while that of footwear grew by 3.4 percent to 8,672.7 U.S. million U.S. dollars.

The export of toys dipped by 0.6 percent to 5,112.142 million U. S. dollars, and that of plastic products rose by 2.5 percent to 3, 918.522 million U.S. dollars.

Furniture export came to 2,707.812 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 23.6 percent, with the export of aquatic products grew 12.2 percent to 1,944.699 million U.S. dollars.

Medicine export was 1,678.239 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 0.8 percent, and the export of cereals and cereal powder dropped by 24.5 percent to 1,186.630 million U.S. dollars.

The export of rolled steel dropped by 16.4 percent to 1,413.200 million U.S. dollars, and that of coal rose by 1.5 percent to 1, 083.747 million U.S. dollars.

While refined oil export jumped 48.5 percent to 1,095.411 million U.S. dollars, crude oil export dropped by 50.6 percent to 752.395 million U.S. dollars.

*Facts and figures about trade volumes of China's major coastal cities:

--Shanghai's total trade volume reached 38.618 billion U.S. dollars, up 23.1 percent year on year. Its exports grew 17.9 percent to 18.799 billion U.S. dollars and imports went up 28.4 percent to 19.819 billion U.S. dollars.

--The trade volume of Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong Province increased 7.4 percent to 19.185 billion U.S. dollars, with exports down 4.8 percent to 9.835 billion U.S. dollars and imports up 24.1 percent to 9.350 billion U.S. dollars.

--The trade volume of Tianjin, a port city in north China, went up 18.7 percent to 12.601 billion U.S. dollars. Its exports increased 15.1 percent to 6.331 billion U.S. dollars and imports rose 22.6 percent to 6.270 billion U.S. dollars.

: --The trade volume of Qingdao, Shandong Province, increased 14. 1 percent year on year to 8.352 billion U.S. dollars, with exports up 9.8 percent to 5.267 billion U.S. dollars and imports up 22.2 percent to 3.085 billion U.S. dollars.

--Dalian City, in northeast China's Liaoning Province, reported a total trade volume of 9.312 billion U.S. dollars, up 8. 2 percent. Exports dipped by 0.3 percent to 5.716 billion U.S. dollars, while imports grew 25.3 percent to 3.596 billion U.S. dollars.

--Ningbo City, east China's Zhejiang Province, reported a foreign trade turnover of 5.004 billion U.S. dollars, a growth of 18.8 percent, with exports up 17.3 percent to 3.477 billion U.S. dollars and imports up 22.3 percent to 1.527 billion U.S. dollars.

--Fuzhou City of Fujian Province, reported a trade volume of 5. 597 billion U.S. dollars, up 1.1 percent. Its exports grew by four percent to 3.550 billion U.S. dollars and imports declined by 3.6 percent to 2.047 billion U.S. dollars.