China's Main Import ProductsFollowing are facts and figures about China's main imports from January to February 2001, released by the General Administration of Customs.Machinery and electrical appliances: 16.773 billion U.S. dollars, up 32.7 percent from the same period last year. High-tech products: 8.576 billion U.S. dollars, up 41.9 percent. Crude oil: 1.868 billion U.S. dollars, down 3.1 percent. Primary plastic products: 1.722 billion U.S. dollars, up 19.4 percent. Rolled steel products: 1.334 billion U.S. dollars, up 24.6 percent. Refined oil products: 568.637 million U.S. dollars, up 17.2 percent. Iron ore: 347.260 million U.S. dollars, up 29 percent. Paper and cardboard: 378.471 million U.S. dollars, down 14.3 percent. Soybeans: 231.306 million U.S. dollars, up 84.1 percent. Paper pulp: 305.150 million U.S. dollars, down 6.9 percent. Unforged and rolled copper: 415.236 million U.S. dollars, down 3.3 percent. Unforged and rolled aluminum: 305.767 million U.S. dollars, up 16 percent. Fertilizer: 166.182 million U.S. dollars, down 27.7 percent. Logs: 252.510 million U.S. dollars, up 9.9 percent. |
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