As per the customs statistics, the total volume from import/export in the whole province reached US $107.4 billion in 2005, gaining a growth of 26.0% than last year; among which, US $ 76.8 billion were from export, gaining a growth of 32.1%; US $ 30.6 billion were from import, gaining a growth of 13.0%. The scale of import/export continued to rank the fifth among all the provinces and municipalities directly under the Central Government in China, in which the export continued to rank the fourth and the import continued to rank the fifth. Export volume from general trade in our province reached US $ 60.239 billion, ranking the national first position. Trade surplus was US $ 41.654 billion, ranking the national first position. Dependence rate of the national economy on the foreign trade was 64.7%, and on the export, 46.3%, which had a boost of 2.0 percent points and 3.5 percent points respectively than in 2004.

Foreign Trade in 2000£­2005 (Unit: Million US$)
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Import/Export 278.34 328.00 419.63 614.23 852.30 1074
Export 194.44 229.77 294.18 416.03 581.60 768
Import 83.90 98.22 125.45 198.20 270.70 306

Dependence Rate on the Foreign Trade in 2000£­2005

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Import/Export 38.17 40.49 45.3 55.3 62.7 64.7
Export 26.66 28.19 31.7 37.4 42.8 3.5

First Ten Commodities for Export in 2005 (Unit£º10,000 US$)
Machinery & Electronic Products 3026220
Garments and Clothing Accessories 1331820
Textile Yarn, Woven Fabrics and Related Products 1111094
High Tech Products 602046
Shoes 265632
Furniture and Parts Thereof 217502
Hand or Car Wireless Telephones
180387
Plastic Products 156259
Automatic Data Processing Facilities and the Components 142792
Auto Parts 121774

First Ten Countries and Regions for Export in 2005
Value
Percentage
USA 1612454 20.99%
Japan 750413 9.77%
Germany 418155 5.44%
Hong Kong 277590 3.61%
United Kingdom 255153 3.32%
the United Arab Emirates 254089 3.31%
Italy 244778 3.19%
South Korea 206248 2.69%
France 198360 2.58%
Spain 194525 2.53%

First Ten Commodities for Import in 2004 (Unit£º10,000 US$)
Value

Machinery & Electronic Products 921641
High Tech Products 460797
Steel 220144
Plastics of Primary Pattern 199187
PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid)
191549
Waste Copper
148808
Integrated Circuits and Microelectronic Module
134904
Ethylene Glycol 105719
Automatic Data Processing facilities and the Components 80715
Iron Sand and Preparation Concentrates
75480

First Ten Countries and Regions for Import in 2004 (Unit£º10, 000 US$)
Value
Percentage
Japan 565276 18.48%
South Korea 378536 12.38%
Taiwan Province, China 354739 11.6%
USA 253630 8.29%
Germany 141970 4.64%
Saudi Arab 89486 2.93%
Singapore 81545 2.67%
India 78614 2.57%
Thailand 69794 2.28%
Malaysia 61191 2.00%

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