Figures: China's top ten trade partners

Following are the latest figures about the Chinese mainland's trade with its top ten partners in January-February, 2002, with the value in million U.S. dollars and the change on a year-on-year basis:

Partner	Total	Change	Exports	Change	Imports	Change
Japan	12,377	0.4%	6,278	1.8%	6,010	-0.9%
USA	11,897	11.0%	8,429	18.0%	3,468	-2.9%
EU	11,441	1.1%	6,533	4.5%	4,908	-3.0%
Hong Kong SAR	8,452	18.3%	7,107	19.4%	1,346	12.8%
ASEAN	6,507	13.3%	2,933	24.6%	3,574	5.5%
Taiwan Province	5,264	28.0%	771.642	32.8%	4,493	27.2%
ROK	5,248	7.2%	1,929	20.8%	3,319	0.6%
Australia	1,351	25.1%	601.416	22.9%	749.568	26.8%
Russia	1,462	-16.9%	389.633	10.8%	1,073	-23.8%
Canada	1,110	17.5%	560.795	20.7%	549.454	14.5%

Source General Administration of Customs

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