Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 12/30/2004

**GAIN Report Number:** CH4073

CH4073

**China, Peoples Republic of**

**Trade data - Multiple commodities only**

**January to November Trade**

**2004**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Ralph Gifford

U.S. Embassy, Beijing

**Prepared by:**

Adam Branson

**Report Highlights:**

China\'s Imports of agricultural, fishery, and forestry products climbed
an additional \$2.9 billion during November 2004 to a total of \$32.3
billion for the first eleven months of the year. China Customs data
indicates U.S. origin imports reached \$7.3 billion. Worldwide imports
consist primarily of soybeans, cotton, palm and soybean oils. Exports,
\$24.8 billion, for the first eleven months of the year, consist
primarily of processed forestry and aquatic products. Japan remains
China\'s largest export destination for ag, fish, and forestry goods,
but U.S. destination exports climbed nearly 30 percent from the same
period in 2003.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Beijing \[CH1\]

\[CH\]

Table of Contents

[Executive Summary 3](#executive-summary)

[China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Imports from the World by Country
4](#chinas-ag-fish-and-forestry-imports-from-the-world-by-country)

[China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Imports from the World by Entering Port
5](#chinas-ag-fish-and-forestry-imports-from-the-world-by-entering-port)

[China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Imports from the World by HTS 6 Digits
6](#chinas-ag-fish-and-forestry-imports-from-the-world-by-hts-6-digits)

[China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Imports from the U.S. by HTS 6 Digits
7](#chinas-ag-fish-and-forestry-imports-from-the-u.s.-by-hts-6-digits)

[China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Exports by Country
8](#chinas-ag-fish-and-forestry-exports-by-country)

[China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Exports by Departure Port
9](#chinas-ag-fish-and-forestry-exports-by-departure-port)

[China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Exports to the World by HTS 6 Digits
10](#chinas-ag-fish-and-forestry-exports-to-the-world-by-hts-6-digits)

[China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Exports to the U.S. by HTS 6 Digits
11](#chinas-ag-fish-and-forestry-exports-to-the-u.s.-by-hts-6-digits)

# Executive Summary

This report provides greater insight and information concerning the kind
and value of agricultural, fishery, and forestry products China imports,
exports, and processes. This report updates information from GAIN report
CH4064. Readers should be aware data will not exactly match other
countries' export statistics due to timing of exports (e.g. trade
recorded in an exporting country at the end of one month or year might
not be recorded in China's records until the following month or year).
Furthermore, values from one country to another may vary due to
disparity in recording methods (e.g. FOB vs. CIF/landed price). Also,
inconsistencies may exist as a result of Hong Kong or Macau re-export
trade to or from China.

Quick facts and observations from China Customs data:

-   China's January through November 2004 imports of all items from the
    world equaled \$508 billion. Imports of world ag, fish, and forestry
    goods accounted for 6.4 percent.

-   China's January through November 2004 imports of all items from the
    US equaled \$40.6 billion. U.S. ag, fish, and forestry goods
    accounted for 13.5 percent

-   Soybeans imports from the U.S. were \$800 million greater than
    imports of airplanes.

-   Ag, fish, and forestry imports from the U.S. were greater than the
    total imports of any of the following countries: France, Italy,
    Canada, India, Saudi Arabia and the U.K.

China's January to November 2004 agricultural, fishery, and forestry
commodity imports reached \$32.3 billion while exports reached nearly
\$24.9 billion. November 2004 imports equaled \$2.9 billion while
exports were also \$2.9 billion. China's trade expansion with nearly all
of its trading partners comes as no surprise as the country holds
enormous demand along with strategic low-cost labor for a rapidly
expanding agricultural, fishery, and forestry product processing sector
that can import product under bond for processing and re-export.

The United States supplies the greatest share, 23 percent and \$7.3
billion, of China's agricultural, fishery, and forestry product
year-to-date imports. The commodities consist primarily of bulk and
intermediate goods; including, soybeans, cotton, wheat, hides and skins.
Raw or unfinished aquatic products (e.g. frozen fish) and wood/lumber
(e.g. untreated hardwoods) also comprise a large share of what China
buys from the United States.

The United States is the second largest export destination, \$3.4
billion, for Chinese agricultural, fishery, and forestry product
exports. Exports consist primarily of added value forestry products,
like wooden boards and small wooden articles, along with aquatic
products, like fish fillets or processed shrimp and prawn.

(Note: China's imports of raw agricultural materials like cotton, hides
and skins, and lumber are included in the import portion of this trade
data. However, the processed materials like apparel and furniture are
not included in the agricultural export statistics. Therefore
determining whether China carries an agricultural, fishery, and forest
product trade deficit is not a useful analytic exercise. Additional
items to point out: HTS is the abbreviation for "Harmonized Tariff
System." NESOI is the abbreviation for "Not Elsewhere Specified or
Indicated).

This is a FREE report provided by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
for exporters of US agricultural commodities. Please send any comments
or questions to <AgBeijing@usda.gov> or fax them to (86-10) 6532-2962.

# China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Imports from the World by Country

  ------------- ------------------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
  **Top 25 Ag,                                                        
  Fish, and                                                           
  Forestry                                                            
  Imports by                                                          
  Country (\$                                                         
  Million)                                                            
  Jan.-Nov.**                                                         

  **Rank**      **Country**               **2002**      **2003**      **2004**

  0             \--World\--               15,620        22,275        32,262

  1             United States             2,560         4,515         7,289

  2             Brazil                    1,132         2,095         2,838

  3             Argentina                 814           2,100         2,654

  4             Malaysia                  1,220         1,875         2,345

  5             Australia                 1,309         1,156         2,312

  6             Russia                    1,587         1,626         2,081

  7             Thailand                  904           1,226         1,784

  8             Indonesia                 865           1,127         1,543

  9             Canada                    520           560           1,422

  10            New Zealand               483           668           862

  11            Peru                      400           276           504

  12            France                    225           374           350

  13            Uzbekistan                18            152           336

  14            Japan                     266           311           330

  15            India                     98            143           325

  16            Korea, North              139           184           281

  17            Vietnam                   196           254           252

  18            Korea, South              150           181           237

  19            Germany                   281           235           233

  20            Denmark                   97            182           220

  21            Chile                     176           180           215

  22            Netherlands               126           131           210

  23            Myanmar                   102           130           162

  24            Gabon                     167           200           159

  25            Belgium                   104           138           158

  Source: China                                                       
  Customs                                                             
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# China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Imports from the World by Entering Port

  ------------- --------------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  **Top 25 Ag,                                                      
  Fish, and                                                         
  Forestry                                                          
  Imports by                                                        
  Country (\$                                                       
  Million)                                                          
  Jan.-Nov.**                                                       

  **Rank**      **District**                **2002**    **2003**    **2004**

  0             \--World\--                 15,620      22,275      32,262

  1             Qingdao                     2,339       4,172       5,933

  2             Nanjing                     1,894       3,109       4,742

  3             Shanghai                    2,199       2,898       4,419

  4             Tianjin                     1,116       1,595       2,718

  5             Huangpu                     1,008       1,240       2,288

  6             Shenzhen                    1,791       2,111       2,197

  7             Dalian                      845         1,306       1,835

  8             Guangzhou                   813         1,041       1,054

  9             Ningbo                      343         582         982

  10            Xiamen                      270         500         701

  11            Nanning                     367         468         701

  12            Zhanjiang                   180         304         604

  13            Hangzhou                    249         319         540

  14            Manzhouli                   360         375         526

  15            Harbin                      370         402         524

  16            Fuzhou                      200         225         437

  17            Shijiazhuang                262         364         383

  18            Gongbei                     184         241         306

  19            Beijing                     121         162         186

  20            Hohhot                      156         132         178

  21            Kunming                     107         135         156

  22            Jiangmen                    94          103         146

  23            Urumqi                      28          70          118

  24            Zhengzhou                   49          85          109

  25            Shantou                     105         91          95

  Source: China                                                     
  Customs                                                           
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# China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Imports from the World by HTS 6 Digits

  ---------- -------------- ----------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
  **Top 20                                                                            
  Ag, Fish,                                                                           
  and                                                                                 
  Forestry                                                                            
  Imports at                                                                          
  HTS 6                                                                               
  Digits                                                                              
  from the                                                                            
  World (\$                                                                           
  Million)                                                                            
  Jan. -                                                                              
  Nov.**                                                                              

  **Rank**   **HS**         **Description**                     **2002**   **2003**   **2004**

             China\'s                                           15,620     22,275     32,262
             Imports of                                                               
             Worldwide Ag,                                                            
             Fish, and                                                                
             Forestry                                                                 

             All                                                10,615     16,511     25,510
             Agricultural                                                             
             Products                                                                 
             (BICO)                                                                   

             All Aquatic                                        1,387      1,661      2,143
             (edible)                                                                 

             All Forest                                         3,618      4,103      4,609
             Products                                                                 
             (excluding                                                               
             pulp and                                                                 
             paper)                                                                   

  1           120100        Soybeans                            2,225      4,906      6,341

  2           520100        Cotton, not carded or combed        138        909        3,083

  3           151190        Palm Oil, refined, not chemically   758        1,297      1,711
                            modified                                                  

  4           150710        Soybean Oil, crude, not chemically  298        797        1,430
                            modified                                                  

  5           440320        Wood, coniferous, in the rough, not 911        873        1,065
                            treated                                                   

  6           510111        Wool, not carded or combed, greasy  583        539        857
                            and shorn                                                 

  7           100110        Wheat, Durum                        89         61         779

  8           400122        Rubber, technically specified       245        481        773
                            natural (TSNR)                                            

  9           410150        Hides and Skins, bovine or equine   345        468        764
                            \> 16 kg                                                  

  10          100190        Wheat, non-Durum, Meslin            14         1          720

  11          230120        Fish or Crustacean, meal and        614        482        709
                            pellets, inedible                                         

  12          440399        Wood, non-coniferous, in the rough, 588        677        690
                            not treated                                               

  13          030360        Cod, frozen, excluding fillets      482        541        676

  14          440349        Wood, other tropical, in the rough, 283        563        627
                            not treated                                               

  15          440799        Wood, non-coniferous, sawn, sliced, 497        503        571
                            over 6 meters                                             

  16          400121        Rubber, natural in smoked sheets    238        389        360

  17          071410        Cassava (Manioc), fresh or dried,   137        177        314
                            w/nt pellet                                               

  18          100300        Barley                              245        257        304

  19          210690        Food preparations not elsewhere     66         184        303
                            specified                                                 

  20          440729        Wood, other tropical, sawn, chipped 249        254        299
                            lengthwise                                                

  Source:                                                                             
  China                                                                               
  Customs                                                                             
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# China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Imports from the U.S. by HTS 6 Digits

  ------------- -------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
  **Top 20 Ag,                                                                                 
  Fish and                                                                                     
  Forestry                                                                                     
  Imports at                                                                                   
  HTS 6 Digits                                                                                 
  from the US                                                                                  
  (\$ Million)                                                                                 
  Jan.-Nov.**                                                                                  

  **Rank**      **HS**         **Description**                           **2002**   **2003**   **2004**

                China\'s                                                 2,560      4,515      7,289
                Imports of US                                                                  
                Ag, Fish, and                                                                  
                Forestry                                                                       

                All                                                      2,242      4,127      6,726
                Agricultural                                                                   
                Imports (BICO)                                                                 

                All Aquatic                                              94         124        229
                (edible)                                                                       

                All Forest                                               224        264        335
                Products                                                                       
                (excluding                                                                     
                pulp and                                                                       
                paper)                                                                         

  1              120100        Soybeans                                  756        1,772      2,793

  2              520100        Cotton, not carded or combed              68         524        1,721

  3              410150        Hides and Skins, bovine or equine \> 16   271        346        499
                               kg                                                              

  4              100190        Wheat, non-Durum, Meslin                  5          1          312

  5              100110        Wheat, Durum                              23         24         298

  6              210690        Food preparations not elsewhere specified 37         142        179

  7              440799        Wood, non-coniferous, sawn, sliced, over  132        137        157
                               6 meters                                                        

  8              020649        Swine, edible offal except livers, frozen 28         52         91

  9              030360        Fish, Cod, frozen, excluding fillets      14         25         62

  10             230120        Fish or Curstacean, meal and pellets,     52         56         61
                               inedible                                                        

  11             020714        Chicken, cuts and edible offal incl.      314        346        59
                               Livers, frozen                                                  

  12             030332        Fish, Plaice, frozen excluding fillets    25         42         52

  13             050400        Animal guts, bladders, sotmachs and parts 61         69         42

  14             350400        Peptones, other proteins and derivatives  7          21         42

  15             440399        Wood, non-coniferous, in the rough, not   19         27         40
                               treated                                                         

  16             230990        Animal Feed, excluding dog or cat, retail 26         40         40
                               packages                                                        

  17             200410        Potatoes, prepared, frozen                30         29         38

  18             410190        Hides and Skins, butts, bends, bellies,   84         89         34
                               bovine or equine                                                

  19             030380        Fish, livers and roes, frozen             8          12         34

  20             440791        Wood, Oak, sawn, sliced, \> 6mm thick     14         20         31

  Source: China                                                                                
  Customs                                                                                      
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# China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Exports by Country

  ------------- --------------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  **Top 25 Ag,                                                      
  Fish, and                                                         
  Forestry                                                          
  Exports by                                                        
  Country (\$                                                       
  Million)                                                          
  Jan.-Nov.**                                                       

  **Rank**      **Country**                 **2002**    **2003**    **2004**

  0             \--World\--                 18,446      21,557      24,803

  1             Japan                       5,960       6,216       7,513

  2             United States               2,085       2,641       3,387

  3             Hong Kong                   2,009       2,121       2,529

  4             Korea, South                1,907       2,212       1,985

  5             Germany                     489         616         728

  6             Russia                      397         516         556

  7             United Kingdom              268         350         479

  8             Malaysia                    528         590         477

  9             Canada                      202         273         436

  10            Netherlands                 318         383         435

  11            Indonesia                   462         457         419

  12            Taiwan                      343         337         405

  13            Singapore                   242         249         310

  14            Spain                       128         174         276

  15            Australia                   141         199         270

  16            Philippines                 180         264         256

  17            Italy                       221         242         255

  18            Thailand                    157         206         245

  19            Vietnam                     162         291         226

  20            Korea, North                92          159         208

  21            France                      137         171         200

  22            Belgium                     82          147         198

  23            India                       194         185         197

  24            Mexico                      44          79          191

  25            United Arab Emirates        81          107         181

  Source: China                                                     
  Customs                                                           
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# China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Exports by Departure Port

  ------------- ----------------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  **Top 25 Ag,                                                        
  Fish, and                                                           
  Forestry                                                            
  Exporting                                                           
  Ports in                                                            
  China (\$                                                           
  Million)                                                            
  Jan.-Nov.**                                                         

  **Rank**      **District**                  **2002**    **2003**    **2004**

  0             -All Districts-               18,446      21,557      24,803

  1             Qingdao                       4,011       4,784       5,860

  2             Dalian                        2,736       3,514       3,199

  3             Shanghai                      2,259       2,478       3,174

  4             Shenzhen                      1,740       1,961       2,326

  5             Tianjin                       1,399       1,664       1,876

  6             Ningbo                        863         1,069       1,351

  7             Xiamen                        776         846         1,224

  8             Nanjing                       676         976         1,003

  9             Fuzhou                        570         563         785

  10            Huangpu                       567         581         686

  11            Guangzhou                     461         416         528

  12            Shantou                       342         256         328

  13            Zhanjiang                     147         258         315

  14            Gongbei                       184         215         261

  15            Nanning                       146         190         187

  16            Harbin                        181         227         187

  17            Jiangmen                      97          151         171

  18            Wuhan                         78          126         150

  19            Chongqing                     84          95          142

  20            Haikou                        98          103         134

  21            Shijiazhuang                  259         176         132

  22            Kunming                       102         108         122

  23            Changchun                     99          107         84

  24            Nanchang                      37          30          80

  25            Manzhouli                     44          52          67

  Source: China                                                       
  Customs                                                             
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# China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Exports to the World by HTS 6 Digits

  ------------- -------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
  **Top 20 Ag,                                                                                 
  Fish, and                                                                                    
  Forestry                                                                                     
  Exports to                                                                                   
  the World by                                                                                 
  HTS 6 Digits                                                                                 
  (\$ Million)                                                                                 
  Jan.-Nov.**                                                                                  

  **Rank**      **HS**         **Description**                           **2002**   **2003**   **2004**

                China\'s                                                 18,446     21,557     24,803
                Exports of Ag,                                                                 
                Fish, and                                                                      
                Forestry to                                                                    
                the World                                                                      

                All                                                      12,027     14,003     14,584
                Agricultural                                                                   
                Products                                                                       
                (BICO)                                                                         

                All Aquatic                                              3,855      4,426      5,635
                (edible)                                                                       

                All Forest                                               2,564      3,128      4,583
                Products                                                                       
                (excluding                                                                     
                pulp and                                                                       
                paper)                                                                         

  1              030420        Fish, fillets, frozen                     756        967        1,239

  2              160419        Fish, whole or in pieces, prepared or     653        565        827
                               preserved                                                       

  3              442190        Wood, artilces, not elsewhere specified   535        599        748
                               (nesoi)                                                         

  4              441219        Wood, plywood, conferous, \< 6 mm         122        184        534

  5              160520        Fish, shrimp and prawns, prepared or      275        402        527
                               preserved                                                       

  6              160590        Fish, molluscs, prepared or preserved     269        334        465

  7              050400        Animal guts, bladders, stomachs and parts 259        354        462

  8              160232        Chicken, meat or offal nesoi, prepared or 395        395        394
                               preserved                                                       

  9              200590        Vegetables, incl. Mixtures nesoi,         245        274        384
                               prepared or preserved                                           

  10             020329        Swine, meat nesoi, frozen                 168        210        380

  11             030613        Fish, shrimp and prawns, incl. In-Shell,  238        352        379
                               frozen                                                          

  12             070320        Garlic, fresh or chilled                  319        323        373

  13             030379        Fish, nes, with bones, frozen             352        313        359

  14             220190        Water, not sweetened or flavored, nesoi   275        225        352

  15             050510        Down, for stuffing, cleaned/disinfected,  234        213        313
                               treated or preserved                                            

  16             441229        Wood, plywood at least one side           118        112        303
                               non-coniferous, nesoi                                           

  17             071290        Vegetables, nesoi and mixtures, dried     267        273        297

  18             442010        Wood, statuettes and other ornaments      176        208        291

  19             210690        Food preparations not elsewhere specified 244        264        284

  20             100590        Corn, Maize                               974        1,397      279

  Source: China                                                                                
  Customs                                                                                      
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# China's Ag, Fish, and Forestry Exports to the U.S. by HTS 6 Digits

  ------------- -------------- ------------------------------------------ ---------- ---------- ----------
  **Top 20 Ag,                                                                                  
  Fish, and                                                                                     
  Forestry                                                                                      
  Exports to                                                                                    
  the US at HTS                                                                                 
  6 Digits (\$                                                                                  
  Millions)                                                                                     
  Jan.-Nov.**                                                                                   

  **Rank**      **HS**         **Description**                            **2002**   **2003**   **2004**

                China\'s Ag,                                              2,085      2,641      3,387
                Fish, and                                                                       
                Forestry                                                                        
                Exports to the                                                                  
                US                                                                              

                All                                                       755        943        1,229
                Agricultural                                                                    
                Products                                                                        
                (BICO)                                                                          

                All Aquatic                                               699        883        830
                (edible)                                                                        

                All Forest                                                631        815        1,328
                Products                                                                        
                (excluding                                                                      
                pulp and                                                                        
                paper)                                                                          

  1              030420        Fish, fillets, frozen                      230        269        352

  2              442190        Wood, articles nesoi                       182        209        259

  3              441219        Wood, plywood, confierous \< 6 mm          14         37         177

  4              050510        Down, for stuffing, cleaned/disinfected,   111        93         139
                               treated or preserved                                             

  5              200979        Apple Juice, nesoi not fortified,          49         82         135
                               unfermented                                                      

  6              442010        Wood, statuettes and other ornaments       84         101        132

  7              441229        Wood, plywood at least one side            41         44         113
                               non-coniferous, nesoi                                            

  8              441400        Wood, frames for paintings, photographs,   82         97         109
                               mirros                                                           

  9              030613        Fish, shrimp and prawn, incl. In-shell,    66         139        100
                               frozen                                                           

  10             441830        Wood, parquet panels                       31         60         90

  11             050400        Animal guts, bladders, stomachs and parts  50         72         83

  12             160520        Fish, shrimp and prawn, prepared or        195        216        76
                               preserved                                                        

  13             200830        Citrus, incl. Mixtures, prepared           48         68         75

  14             441213        Wood, plywood at least one side tropical   8          16         67
                               wood                                                             

  15             441820        Wood, doors and frames                     13         24         67

  16             440920        Wood, non-coniferous, tongued, grooved,    14         31         66
                               molded                                                           

  17             160510        Fish, Crab, prepared or preserved          31         31         55

  18             442090        Wood, Marquetry, caskets and cases         38         44         52

  19             071290        Vegetables, nesoi and mixtures, dried      33         52         46

  20             200310        Vegetables, Mushrooms, prepared or         10         22         41
                               preserved                                                        

  Source: China                                                                                 
  Customs                                                                                       
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