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CIA Handbook of International Statistics 1997
Table 119

China: Importsa
Million US $
  1985 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996b
Total 42,783 59,140 53,345 63,791 80,585 103,959 115,614 132,084 138,943
Food and live animals 1,555 4,305 3,458 2,965 3,151 2,204 3,132 6,122 5,660
Cereals and cereal preparations 970 2,983 2,353 1,648 1,724 1,034 1,333 3,637 2,612
Crude materials, excluding fuel 3,246 4,835 4,107 4,998 5,509 5,228 7,200 9,869 10,463
Cork and wood 873 636 509 510 616 634 596 544 653
Textile fibers 1,109 2,286 1,841 2,205 1,953 1,361 2,783 3,828 3,530
Metal ores and scrap 560 788 950 1,220 1,703 2,059 2,151 3,060 3,080
Mineral fuels, lubricants 174 1,650 1,272 2,113 3,610 5,856 4,080 5,172 6,958
Petroleum and petroleum products 50 1,465 1,054 1,846 3,199 5,413 3,641 4,613 6,003
Animal and vegetable oils and fats 123 875 982 719 518 499 1,804 2,592 1,684
Fixed vegetable oils and fats 90 839 947 690 486 457 1,744 2,436 1,573
Chemicals 4,471 7,569 6,670 9,308 11,084 9,610 11,968 16,850 17,913
Organic chemicals 698 1,405 1,131 1,884 1,733 1,568 1,982 3,156 3,050
Manufactured fertilizers 1,479 2,364 2,603 3,229 2,995 1,470 1,926 3,732 3,541
Resins and plastics 1,448 2,206 1,499 2,378 4,189 4,310 5,402 7,111 7,921
Manufactured goods 11,959 14,378 11,583 13,780 19,950 29,192 28,732 29,142 32,081
Paper and paperboard 438 634 745 969 1,565 1,554 1,976 2,215 2,847
Textile yarn and fabrics 1,615 4,888 5,426 6,976 7,751 7,790 9,535 11,177 12,207
Nonmetallic mineral manufactures 332 520 453 443 681 881 1,066 1,213 1,262
Iron and steel 7,149 5,797 2,852 2,694 4,509 12,767 9,535 6,583 7,312
Nonferrous metals 1,648 1,114 579 816 2,059 1,862 1,659 2,680 3,003
Metal manufactures 353 628 540 539 879 1,263 1,542 1,726 1,769
Machinery and transport equipment 16,662 22,009 21,513 25,665 30,729 44,468 51,385 52,436 54,743
Power generating machinery 325 1,365 1,730 1,648 2,308 2,520 3,185 3,112 3,216
Specialized machinery 5,271 6,464 5,936 7,206 8,263 13,158 12,740 13,247 14,239
Telecommunications and sound recording equipment 2,569 2,390 2,540 2,781 3,397 5,454 6,805 7,616 5,844
Electrical machinery and parts 1,357 2,396 2,050 2,632 4,885 5,942 7,702 9,741 11,279
Road vehicles 329 3,775 4,284 5902 3,519 5,286 4,774 2,685 2,190
Other transport equipment 1,469 1,525 1,680 1,635 2,545 3,198 4,848 2,637 3,137
Miscellaneous manufactured articles 1,934 3,105 3,319 3,826 5,205 5,929 6,497 7,905 8,159
Scientific instruments 899 816 788 909 1,313 1,568 1,736 2,231 2,281
Miscellaneous articles n.e.s. 538 1,248 1,456 1,659 1,875 2,033 2,235 2,648 2,872
Other 2,659 414 441 417 833 974 815 1,995 1,281

a Imports are c.i.f., source UN revision 2 commodity statistics.
b Official statistics.

Source: UNCTAD