China's Trade Status Up on World ChartChina's export volume in 2000 rose to the seventh place in the world from the ninth in the previous year and the import volume climbed to the eighth from the tenth in 1999.This was announced by the General Administration of Customs. According to the latest statistics of the World Trade Organization, China exported a total of 249.2 billion U.S. dollars worth of goods in 2000, which surpassed the totals of Italy and the Netherlands and ranked the seventh in the world. China's exports in 2000 accounted for 3.9 percent of the world total, up from 3.4 percent in the previous year. At the same time, exports from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China previously occupying the eleventh position in the world, exceeded that of Belgium and became one of the ten top traders. The United States, whose exports were worth 782.4 billion U.S. dollars, was the top trader, followed by Germany, Japan, France, Britain, Canada, China, Italy, the Netherlands, HKSAR of China, Belgium, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Taiwan province of China, and Singapore. The Chinese mainland's imports reached 225.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2000, which surpassed the imports of the HKSAR of China and the Netherlands and rose to the eighth place from the tenth in the previous year. China's imports accounted for 3.4 percent of the world total in 2000, up from 2.8 percent in the previous year. |
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