Imports & exports
 The annual value of imports and exports totaled US$54.431 billion, 14.5% up from the year before. Of this amount, exports valued US$34.845 billion, up 18.5%, and imports valued US$19.586 billion, up 8.0%.
 
Economic and technological cooperation
 Business turnover from overseas project and labor contracts for the year totaled US$505 million, an increase of 0.6% from the previous year.
 
Foreign investment
 The province approved the establishment of 1,988 foreign-funded projects during the year, down 12.7% from the previous year. The foreign direct investment which was materialized during the year stood at US$2.608 billion.

(Statistics as of 2005)

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