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Imports China, in 36 editions.
The entry for China published Imports in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 34 editions. Each is shown as published. Imports in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 34
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Imports” (1990 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- $59.1 billion (c.i.f., 1989);
- commodities--grain (mostly wheat), chemical fertilizer, steel, industrial raw materials, machinery, equipment;
- partners--Hong Kong, Japan, US, FRG, USSR (1989)
$59.1 billion (c.i.f., 1989); commodities--grain (mostly wheat), chemical fertilizer, steel, industrial raw materials, machinery, equipment; partners--Hong Kong, Japan, US, FRG, USSR (1989)
- $53.4 billion (c.i.f., 1990);
- commodities--specialized industrial machinery, chemicals, manufactured goods, steel, textile yarn, fertilizer;
- partners--Hong Kong, Japan, US, FRG, USSR (1989)
$59.1 $53.4 billion (c.i.f., 1989); commodities--grain (mostly wheat), chemical fertilizer, steel, 1990); commodities--specialized industrial raw materials, machinery, equipment; chemicals, manufactured goods, steel, textile yarn, fertilizer; partners--Hong Kong, Japan, US, FRG, USSR (1989)
$63.8 billion (c.i.f., 1991)
- commodities:
- specialized industrial machinery,
- chemicals,
- manufactured goods,
- steel,
- textile yarn,
- fertilizer
- partners:
- Hong Kong,
- Japan,
- US,
- Germany,
- Taiwan (1990)
$53.4 $63.8 billion (c.i.f., 1990); commodities--specialized 1991)
commodities:
specialized industrial machinery, chemicals, manufactured goods, steel,
textile yarn, fertilizer; partners--Hong fertilizer
partners:
Hong Kong, Japan, US, FRG, USSR (1989) Germany, Taiwan (1990)
$80.6 billion (c.i.f., 1992)
- commodities:
- specialized industrial machinery,
- chemicals,
- manufactured goods,
- steel,
- textile yarn,
- fertilizer
- partners:
- Hong Kong and Macau,
- Japan,
- US,
- Taiwan,
- Germany,
- Russia (1992)
$63.8 $80.6 billion (c.i.f., 1991) 1992)
commodities:
specialized industrial machinery, chemicals, manufactured goods, steel,
textile yarn, fertilizer
partners:
Hong Kong, Kong and Macau, Japan, US, Taiwan, Germany, Taiwan (1990) Russia (1992)
$104 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
Rewritten: too little of the 1993 text remains to mark the changes.
$104 billion (c.i.f., 1993)
$115.7 billion (c.i.f., 1994)
- commodities:
- rolled steel,
- motor vehicles,
- textile machinery,
- oil products,
- aircraft
- partners:
- Japan,
- Taiwan,
- US,
- Hong Kong,
- Germany,
- South Korea (1993)
$104 $115.7 billion (c.i.f., 1993) 1994)
commodities: rolled steel, motor vehicles, textile machinery, oil
products, aircraft
partners: Japan, Taiwan, US, Hong Kong, Germany, South Korea (1993)
$132.1 billion (c.i.f., 1995)
- commodities:
- industrial machinery,
- textiles,
- plastics,
- telecommunications equipment,
- steel bars,
- aircraft (1994)
- partners:
- Japan,
- Taiwan,
- US,
- Hong Kong,
- South Korea,
- Germany (1994)
$115.7 $132.1 billion (c.i.f., 1994) 1995)
commodities: rolled steel, motor vehicles, textile industrial machinery, oil textiles, plastics,products, telecommunications equipment, steel bars, aircraft (1994)
partners: Japan, Taiwan, US, Hong Kong, Germany, South Korea (1993) Korea, Germany (1994)
- total value :
- $138.83 billion (c.i.f., 1996)
- commodities:
- plastics,
- fabrics,
- telecommunications equipment,
- electrical machinery and switchgear,
- transistors,
- other industrial machinery (1995)
- partners:
- Japan,
- US,
- Taiwan,
- South Korea,
- Hong Kong,
- Germany,
- Russia (1995)
$132.1 total value : $138.83 billion (c.i.f., 1995) 1996)
commodities: industrial machinery, textiles, plastics,steel bars, aircraft (1994)
electrical machinery and switchgear, transistors, other industrial
machinery (1995)
partners: Japan, Taiwan, US, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany (1994) Hong Kong, Germany, Russia
(1995)
- total value:
- $142.4 billion (c.i.f., 1997)
- commodities:
- mechanical appliances,
- electrical machinery,
- mineral fuels,
- plastics,
- iron and steel,
- fabrics,
- cotton and yarn (1997)
- partners:
- Japan,
- Taiwan,
- US,
- South Korea,
- Hong Kong,
- Germany,
- Singapore (1997)
total value : $138.83 value: $142.4 billion (c.i.f., 1996) 1997)
commodities: mechanical appliances, electrical machinery, mineral
fuels, plastics, iron and steel, fabrics, telecommunications equipment, cotton and
electrical machineryswitchgear, transistors, other industrial yarn (1997)
machinery (1995)
partners: Japan, US, Taiwan, US, South Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, Russia(1995) Singapore (1997)
$140.17 billion (c.i.f., 1998)
Rewritten: too little of the 1998 text remains to mark the changes.
$140.17 billion (c.i.f., 1998)
$165.8 billion (c.i.f., 1999)
$140.17 $165.8 billion (c.i.f., 1998) 1999)
$197 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
$165.8 $197 billion (c.i.f., 1999) (f.o.b., 2000)
$268.6 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
$197 $268.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000) f.o.b. (2002 est.)
$295.3 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
$268.6 $295.3 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
$397.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)
$295.3 $397.4 billion f.o.b. (2002 (2003 est.)
$552.4 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)
$397.4 $552.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 (2004 est.)
$631.8 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)
$552.4 $631.8 billion f.o.b. (2004 (2005 est.)
$751.9 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
$631.8 $751.9 billion f.o.b. (2005 (2006 est.)
$904.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
$751.9 $904.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 (2007 est.)
$1.074 trillion (2008 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 4
- $904.6 billion (2007 est.)
$1.074 trillion (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world:
4
$904.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
$1.307 trillion (2010 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 3
- $954.3 billion (2009 est.)
$1.074 $1.307 trillion (2008 (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world:4 3$904.6 $954.3 billion (2007 (2009 est.)
$1.327 trillion (2010 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 3
- $954.3 billion (2009 est.)
$1.307 $1.327 trillion (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world:
3
$954.3 billion (2009 est.)
$1.78 trillion (2012 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 3
- $1.74 trillion (2011 est.)
$1.327 $1.78 trillion (2010 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world:
3$954.3 billion (2009 $1.74 trillion (2011 est.)
$1.653 trillion (2012 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 3
- $1.57 trillion (2011 est.)
$1.78 $1.653 trillion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world:
3$1.74 $1.57 trillion (2011 est.)
$1.95 trillion (2013 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 3
- $1.818 trillion (2012 est.)
$1.653 $1.95 trillion (2012 (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world:
3$1.57 $1.818 trillion (2011 (2012 est.)
$1.96 trillion (2014 est.)
- $1.95 trillion (2013 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 3
$1.96 trillion (2014 est.)
$1.95 trillion (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world:
$1.818 trillion (2012 est.)
$1.576 trillion (2015 est.)
- $1.809 trillion (2014 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 3
$1.96 $1.576 trillion (2014 (2015 est.)$1.95 $1.809 trillion (2013 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
$1.495 trillion (2016 est.)
- $1.567 trillion (2015 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 3
$1.576 $1.495 trillion (2015 (2016 est.)$1.809 $1.567 trillion (2014 (2015 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
$1.74 trillion (2017 est.)
- $1.501 trillion (2016 est.)
$1.495 $1.74 trillion (2016 (2017 est.)$1.567 $1.501 trillion (2015 (2016 est.)
country comparison to the world: 3
The same text in 2019 and 2020.
$2.14 trillion (2018)
- $1.74 trillion (2017 est.)
- $1.501 trillion (2016 est.)
$2.14 trillion (2018)
$1.74 trillion (2017 est.)
$1.501 trillion (2016 est.)
- $2,362,690,000,000 note: data are in current year dollars (2020 est.)
- $2,499,150,000,000 note: data are in current year dollars (2019 est.)
- $2,563,100,000,000 note: data are in current year dollars (2018 est.)
Rewritten: too little of the 2020 text remains to mark the changes.
$2,362,690,000,000 note: data are in current year dollars (2020 est.)
$2,499,150,000,000 note: data are in current year dollars (2019 est.)
$2,563,100,000,000 note: data are in current year dollars (2018 est.)
- $2,362,690,000,000 (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
- $2,499,150,000,000 (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
- $2,563,100,000,000 (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$2,362,690,000,000 (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars (2020 est.)
$2,499,150,000,000 (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars (2019 est.)
$2,563,100,000,000 (2018 est.) note: data are in current year dollars (2018 est.)
- $3.091 trillion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
- $2.38 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
- $2.499 trillion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$2,362,690,000,000 (2020 $3.091 trillion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars$2,499,150,000,000 (2019 $2.38 trillion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars$2,563,100,000,000 (2018 $2.499 trillion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$3.125 trillion (2023 est.)
- $3.142 trillion (2022 est.)
- $3.094 trillion (2021 est.)
note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Rewritten: too little of the 2023 text remains to mark the changes.
$3.125 trillion (2023 est.)
$3.142 trillion (2022 est.)
$3.094 trillion (2021 est.)
note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
$3.254 trillion (2024 est.)
- $3.122 trillion (2023 est.)
- $3.142 trillion (2022 est.)
note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
$3.125 $3.254 trillion (2023 (2024 est.)$3.142 $3.122 trillion (2022 (2023 est.)$3.094 $3.142 trillion (2021 (2022 est.)
note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
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Central Intelligence Agency. “China: Imports.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/china/imports.