Last Produced for Monthly Bulletin of Statistics No. 10/2008
H. FOREIGN TRADE
TABLE H/1.- FOREIGN TRADE BALANCE, NET(1)
$ MILLION
 ImportsExportsTrade deficitExports
as % of imports,
excl. ships,
aircraft
and
diamonds
 
 TotalThereof:TotalThereof:
Excl. ships,
aircraft
and
diamonds
TotalThereof: 
 Excl. ships,
aircraft
and
diamonds
Excl. ships,
aircraft
diamonds
and fuels
Excl. ships,
aircraft
and
diamonds
Excl. ships,
aircraft
diamonds
and fuels
 
   
2006 47,317.8 38,485.8 31,030.2 39,700.5 30,191.8 7,617.3 8,294.0 838.4 78.4  2006
2007 56,105.2 45,923.1 36,987.7 45,916.5 35,426.4 10,188.7 10,496.7 1,561.3 77.1  2007
% change 18.6 19.3 19.2 15.7 17.3 33.8 26.6 86.2 -1.7  % change
2007I-IX40,227.1 33,014.4 26,695.5 33,192.7 25,310.1 7,034.4 7,704.3 1,385.4 76.7 I-IX2007
2008I-IX50,846.8 43,313.9 32,661.3 40,288.8 31,794.1 10,558.0 11,519.8 867.2 73.4 I-IX2008
2007IX4,170.3 3,449.6 2,704.4 3,515.8 2,619.4 654.5 830.2 85.0  IX2007
 X5,155.0 4,216.2 3,611.8 3,995.2 3,042.1 1,159.8 1,174.1 569.7  X 
 XI4,980.4 4,140.5 3,199.8 4,528.9 3,460.8 451.5 679.7 -261.0  XI 
 XII5,742.7 4,552.0 3,480.6 4,199.7 3,613.4 1,543.0 938.6 -132.8  XII 
2008I5,163.9 4,515.8 3,506.5 4,308.7 3,129.1 855.2 1,386.7 377.4  I2008
 II5,097.1 4,236.9 3,370.0 4,246.0 3,099.6 851.1 1,137.3 270.4  II 
 III6,028.7 5,130.8 3,822.1 4,874.3 3,964.4 1,154.4 1,166.4 -142.3  III 
 IV5,462.6 4,639.8 3,686.8 3,987.9 3,345.4 1,474.7 1,294.4 341.4  IV 
 V5,781.2 4,875.6 3,469.5 4,921.4 3,523.9 859.8 1,351.7 -54.4  V 
 VI5,911.1 4,854.0 3,667.1 4,810.6 4,129.9 1,100.5 724.1 -462.8  VI 
 VII6,323.4 5,434.8 4,068.0 5,050.4 3,915.9 1,273.0 1,518.9 152.1  VII 
 VIII5,724.8 5,036.7 3,619.0 3,847.3 3,362.3 1,877.5 1,674.4 256.7  VIII 
 IX5,354.0 4,589.5 3,452.3 4,242.2 3,323.6 1,111.8 1,265.9 128.7  IX 
   
 Seasonally adjusted data 
2007IX 3,843.2 3,098.0  2,820.0  1,023.2 278.0  IX2007
 X 4,045.4 3,441.0  3,238.4  807.0 202.6  X 
 XI 4,316.0 3,375.3  3,331.3  984.7 44.0  XI 
 XII 4,468.9 3,397.5  3,372.2  1,096.7 25.3  XII 
2008I 4,434.4 3,425.1  3,319.9  1,114.5 105.2  I2008
 II 4,402.3 3,535.4  3,308.9  1,093.4 226.5  II 
 III 5,026.5 3,717.8  3,560.2  1,466.3 157.6  III 
 IV 4,711.4 3,758.4  3,506.8  1,204.6 251.6  IV 
 V 4,834.9 3,428.8  3,458.0  1,376.9 -29.2  V 
 VI 4,930.4 3,743.5  3,778.2  1,152.2 -34.7  VI 
 VII 5,318.0 3,951.2  3,886.8  1,431.2 64.4  VII 
 VIII 5,063.5 3,645.8  3,663.7  1,399.8 -17.9  VIII 
 IX 4,862.0 3,724.8  3,359.3  1,502.7 365.5  IX 
   
 Trend data - $ million 
2007IX 4,008.5 3,263.3  3,045.6  962.9 217.7  IX2007
 X 3,925.7 3,321.3  3,127.3  798.4 194.0  X 
 XI 4,322.4 3,381.7  3,210.0  1,112.4 171.7  XI 
 XII 4,514.3 3,442.9  3,289.6  1,224.7 153.3  XII 
2008I 4,512.6 3,503.3  3,362.7  1,149.9 140.6  I2008
 II 4,427.0 3,560.1  3,428.6  998.4 131.5  II 
 III 4,919.7 3,611.0  3,487.5  1,432.2 123.5  III 
 IV 4,605.8 3,652.8  3,539.2  1,066.6 113.6  IV 
 V 5,089.0 3,682.9  3,580.7  1,508.3 102.2  V 
 VI 4,887.5 3,700.6  3,608.1  1,279.4 92.5  VI 
 VII 5,075.8 3,709.0  3,621.6  1,454.2 87.4  VII 
 VIII 5,131.2 3,713.5  3,626.7  1,504.5 86.8  VIII 
 IX 4,856.2 3,719.0  3,630.0  1,226.2 89.0  IX 
   
 Trend data - percent change 
2007X 1.8  2.7  X2007
 XI 1.8  2.6  XI 
 XII 1.8  2.5  XII 
2008I 1.8  2.2  I2008
 II 1.6  2.0  II 
 III 1.4  1.7  III 
 IV 1.2  1.5  IV 
 V 0.8  1.2  V 
 VI 0.5  0.8  VI 
 VII 0.2  0.4  VII 
 VIII 0.1  0.1  VIII 
 IX 0.1  0.1  IX 
   
(1) Net equals gross total less goods returned
      to the suppliers.
*      For further details, see the Foreign Trade Statistics Monthly,
      published by the Central Bureau of Statistics.