50 Principal Import Commodities in Jan. - Dec., 1997
(Source: General Administration of Customs)
Unit: US$ 1,000
Commodity Unit Quantity Value % change over same period of last year in quantity % change over same period of last year in value
Mechanical and electrical products(including those listed in this catalog of the kind) - - 59,331,804 - -3.2
Plastics in primary shape 10,000 tons 890 7,894,908 13.2 16.6
Steel 10,000 tons 1,323 6,520,169 -17.2 -8.2
Crude oil 10,000 tons 3547 5,456,211 56.8 60.1
Refined oil 10,000 tons 2379 3,682,055 50.3 54.4
Integrated circuit and micro electronic components 10,000 959995 3,482,209 38.9 33.6
Fertilizer 10,000 tons 1649 2,994,911 -11.2 -15.9
Paper and paper board (uncut) 10,000 tons 552 2,825,198 22.9 21.3
Components for auto data processing equipment ton 75927 2,729,044 29.4 42.7
Plane      jet 73 2,576,045 -5.1 21
Woven products of long filament synthetic fabrics 10,000         metres 250253 2,489,491 4.9 -1.5
Textile machinery - - 1,837,280 - -30.5
Apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits - - 1,803,572 - 26
Parts of TV, radio and telecommunication equipment ton 76757 1,776,729 -30.7 28.8
Self-control measuring, testing and analytic instruments and apparatus - - 1,768,288 - -6.5
Copper ton 695503 1,707,472 -2.6 2
Ox hide and horse skin ton 464589 1,704,203 4.7 8.3
Cotton fabrics 10,000 metres 158580 1,665,238 -4.8 -1.1
Iron ore 10,000 tons 5511 1,614,840 25.6 22.2
Metal processing machine tools unit 104684 1,584,587 -16.3 -37.1
Edible vegetable oil (including palm oil) 10,000 tons 275 1,504,572 4.2 0.7
Synthetic fabic yarn ton 764118 1,471,989 10.2 10.3
Synthetic fabrics for textile 10,000 tons 104 1,411,434 6.5 0.8
Equipment and parts thereof for mechanical lifting, loading or unloading - - 1,386,531 - -19.7
Raw cotton 10,000 tons 75 1,329,718 15.1 11.1
Machinery for processing rubber or plastics - - 1,301,559 - -32.5
Knitted and croched fabrics ton 425052 1,199,461 16.1 7.2
Aluminium ton 600990 1,154,763 -5.2 9.6
Auto data processing equipment and components unit 16466307 1,134,521 85.3 17.6
Diodes, transistors and the like 10,000 3580176 1,095,739 55.4 59.4
Parts and accessories for wire telephone and cable equipment ton 32726 1,006,205 6 -1.8
Automobile parts - - 932,486 - -13.4
Cereal and cereal flours 10,000 tons 417 916,189 -61.5 -64.4
Wire and cable ton 231912 905,024 11.7 16.7
Fabrics with plastic coating or dipping ton 363067 897,027 -1 -3.9
Inner works and parts of clocks and watches - - 847,651 - -6
Wool ton 207203 789,450 -8.4 -7.2
Plastics products ton 330633 782,195 1.4 6.6
Pulp 10,000 tons 154 747,918 5 -3.4
Automobiles and chassises unit 48467 711,736 -35.6 -14.6
Log 10,000 cubic meters 447 677,788 40.3 48
Manchinery for construction and mining - - 672,707 - 5.3
Fish meal for feed ton 985234 628,188 11.6 10.5
Models and modelling boxes for metal casting ton 19308 618,657 -35 -31.7
  unit 14513 600,867 -50.5 -5.2
  ton 71862 591,753 14.7 99.1
Parts of rotating power equipment ton 55361 587,476 27 49.5
Parts of aircraft ton 2495 563,849 -5.1 13.2
Electric motors and generators 10,000units 70511 559,291 23.6 5.5
printing and binding machinery - - 518,775 - -37.1