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China Trade Summary

1998

China exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR CHINA 1998

Overall Exports and Imports for China 1998

Exports and imports of China in 1998 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 183,809 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 140,237 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,800 products were exported to 199 countries and 4,885 products were imported from 166 countries.

China top 5 Export and Import partners 1998

Top five countries to which China exported in 1998 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. China exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 38,742 million, with a partner share of 21.08 percent.
  2. China exports to United States worth US$ 37,984 million, with a partner share of 20.66 percent.
  3. China exports to Japan worth US$ 29,660 million, with a partner share of 16.14 percent.
  4. China exports to Germany worth US$ 7,354 million, with a partner share of 4.00 percent.
  5. China exports to Korea, Rep. worth US$ 6,251 million, with a partner share of 3.40 percent.

Top five countries from which China imported goods in 1998 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. China imports from Japan worth US$ 28,275 million, with a partner share of 20.16 percent.
  2. China imports from United States worth US$ 16,883 million, with a partner share of 12.04 percent.
  3. China imports from Other Asia, nes worth US$ 16,631 million, with a partner share of 11.86 percent.
  4. China imports from Korea, Rep. worth US$ 15,014 million, with a partner share of 10.71 percent.
  5. China imports from Germany worth US$ 7,021 million, with a partner share of 5.01 percent.

China Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1998

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by China along with trade value are:

  1. China exported Input or output units, whether or not presented , worth 3,477,996.24 (US$ Thousands).
  2. China exported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 3,101,682.06 (US$ Thousands).
  3. China exported Storage units, whether or not presented with th , worth 2,896,757.05 (US$ Thousands).
  4. China exported Toys nes , worth 2,168,986.80 (US$ Thousands).
  5. China exported Footwear with rubber... soles, leather uppers, , worth 2,163,342.34 (US$ Thousands).

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by China along with trade value are

  1. China imported Parts and accessories of automatic data process , worth 3,478,314.69 (US$ Thousands).
  2. China imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth 3,274,537.47 (US$ Thousands).
  3. China imported Aircraft nes of an unladen weight exceeding 15, , worth 2,529,541.50 (US$ Thousands).
  4. China imported Monolithic integrated circuits, nes , worth 2,397,680.00 (US$ Thousands).
  5. China imported Transmission apparatus, for radioteleph incorpo , worth 1,981,760.88 (US$ Thousands).

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1998

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1998 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1998

Tariffs imposed by China in 1998 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 782.42 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 17.08 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 15.51 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 2,932,713.55 and duty free tariff line items share was 1.60 percent.

Development Indicators 1998

Key Development Indicators of China in 1998 are below

  • China GDP in current US dollar was 1,029,061 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 800.00 .
  • China Trade balance: as % of GDP was 4.26.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was 43,837.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 32.42 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 8.71 .

Trade Indicators 1998

Trade Indicators for China in 1998 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.16.
  • Index of export market penetration was 23.68.
  • World Growth in percentage was -0.47 and China Country Growth was 0.62 .