Import and export 2015

The total value of imports and exports of goods in 2015 reached 24.57 trillion yuan($3.94 trillion), down by 7.0 percent from the previous year. Of this total, the value of goods exported was 14.13 trillion yuan, down by 1.8 percent, and the value of goods imported was 10.45 trillion yuan, down by 13.2 percent. The balance of imports and exports (exports minus imports) was 3.68 trillion yuan, an increase of 1.32 trillion yuan from the previous year.

The total value of imports and exports of services in 2015 was 713.0 billion US dollars, up by 14.6 percent. The export value of services was 288.2 billion US dollars, up by 9.2 percent. The import value of services was 424.8 billion US dollars, up by 18.6 percent. The deficit of exports minus imports of services was 136.6 billion US dollars.

In 2015, imports and exports of foreign-invested enterprises totaled US$ 1.83 trillion, down by 7.5 percent year-on-year, 0.5 percent lower than the growth rate of the country in the same period, accounting for 46.3 percent of the national total.

Exports of foreign-invested enterprises totaled US$ 1 trillion, down by 6.5 percent year-on-year, 3.7 percent higher than the growth rate of the country in the same period. Imports of foreign-invested enterprises totaled US$ 829.9 billion, down by 8.7 percent year-on-year, 5.4 percent lower than the growth rate of the country in the same period.