Facts & Figures: China's Trade With Six Continents

Following are the latest figures about China's foreign trade with countries and regions in the six continents around the world in the first three months of 2001, provided by the General Administration of Customs:

-- Asia: 65.105 billion U.S. dollars, up 15.5 percent year-on- year; exports, 31.382 billion U.S. dollars, up 14.4 percent; imports, 33.723 billion U.S. dollars, up 16.5 percent.

-- Europe: 22.751 billion U.S. dollars, up 24.2 percent; exports, 11.760 billion U.S. dollars, up 18.9 percent; imports, 10. 992 billion U.S. dollars, up 30.3 percent.

-- North America: 18.783 billion U.S. dollars, up 12.7 percent; exports, 12.313 billion U.S. dollars, up 10.9 percent; imports, 6. 470 billion U.S. dollars, up 16.2 percent.

-- Latin America: 2.482 billion U.S. dollars, up 8.3 percent; exports, 1.604 billion U.S. dollars, up 14.7 percent; imports, 878. 343 million U.S. dollars, down 1.7 percent.

-- Africa: 2.436 billion U.S. dollars, up 9.8 percent; exports, 1.286 billion U.S. dollars, up 23.8 percent; imports, 1.150 billion U.S. dollars, down 2.5 percent.

-- Oceania: 2.261 billion U.S. dollars, down 2.1 percent; exports, 930.018 million U.S. dollars, up 10.6 percent; imports, 1. 331 billion U.S. dollars, down 9.4 percent.






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