China: Imports

Table 119 China: Imports^a
Million US $
	1985	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996^b
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.