Statements in regards to China's 1999 balance of payments released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchanges indicate that the country's current and capital finance accounts showed a surplus in 1999, striking a favorable balance of payments for the country last year.
Current account of balance of payments showed a surplus of $15.667 billion in 1999. According to statistics from a yearly balance of payments made in 1999, exports took $194.716 dollars, imports, $158.510 billion, with a surplus of $ 36.206 billion. Service accounts income stood at $ 23.779 billion, with an expenditure of $31.289 billion, giving a deficit of $7.509 billion. Constant income accounts wrested an earning of $10.571 billion, with expenditure at $ 28.544 billion, a $ 17.973 billion deficit seen, along with a current transfer surplus of $ 4.943 billion.
Capital and finance accounts in 1999 achieved a $ 7.642 billion surplus after reversing the preceding year's deficit. A new growth of assets was further seen in the country's international reserve in 1999: an increase of $ 8.505 billion over 1998, with a foreign exchange reserve amounting to $154.675 billion at the end of 1999, up $ 9.716 billion over 1998.
Statements in regards to China's 1999 balance of payments indicate that the country's current and capital finance accounts showed a surplus in 1999, striking a favorable balance of payments for the country last year. Current account of balance of payments showed a surplus of $15.667 billion in 1999. According to statistics from a yearly balance of payments made in 1999, exports took $194.716 dollars, imports, $158.510 billion, with a surplus of $ 36.206 billion. Service accounts income stood at $ 23.779 billion, with an expenditure of $31.289 billion, giving a deficit of $7.509 billion.