According to the statistics of the General Administration of Customs of PRC, the total import & export volume in 2015 Q1 reached USD 1.16billion, drop by 8.5% year-on-year; trade surplus was USD 0.70 billion, down 9.3% YoY.
Table 1 2016 Q 1 Import & Export Statistics Data andTrade Balance(Ten thousand tons, $10thousand, %)
Category |
Total Import & Export Volume |
Trade Balance |
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2016 Q1 |
2015 Q1 |
YoY |
2016Q1 |
2015 Q1 |
YoY |
|
Pesticide |
116533 |
127416 |
-8.5 |
70601 |
77868 |
-9.3 |
Of which Insecticide |
26165 |
25057 |
4.4 |
14687 |
15595 |
-5.8 |
Fungicide |
20700 |
20737 |
-0.2 |
3054 |
2164 |
41.1 |
64254 |
76446 |
-15.9 |
52830 |
60655 |
-12.9 |
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Table 22016 Q1Imp & Export Statistics Data(Ten thousand tons, $10thousand,% )
Category |
Imp |
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Volume |
YoY |
Value |
YoY |
|
Pesticide |
2.8 |
-1.0 |
22966 |
-7.3 |
Of which Insecticide |
0.3 |
31.6 |
5739 |
21.3 |
Fungicide |
0.9 |
9.7 |
8823 |
-5.0 |
Herbicide |
1.0 |
-12.6 |
5712 |
-27.7 |
In 2016 Q1, the pesticide import total volume reached 28000 tons, a decrease of 1.0% YoY, and the import value reached 0.23 billion US dollars, a decrease of 7.3% YoY. The insecticide import total volume reached 3,000 tons, an sharp increase of31.6% YoY,and imports amounted to 57 million US dollars, up by 21.3% YoY; the fungicide imports volume reached 9,000 tons, up 9.7% YoY, while imports value amounted to 88million US dollars, down 5.0 YoY; the herbicide imports volume reached 10,000 tons, up 12.6% YoY, while imports value amounted to 57 million US dollars, drop 27.7 YoY.
In 2016 Q1, the pesticide export total volume reached 336,000 tons, an increase of 1.4% YoY, and the export value reached 936million US dollars, a decrease of 8.8%. The insecticide export volume was 56,000 tons, up 11.6% YoY, export value was 0.20 billion US dollars, up0.5%; the fungicide export volume was 24,000 tons, up 20.9% YoY, export value was0.119 billion US dollars, up3.7%; the herbicide export volume was 244,000 tons, down 2.5% YoY, export value was 0.585 billion US dollars; drop 14.6% YoY.