Figures: Foreign trade of China's development zones in January-November 2005

Foreign trade volume of all forms of development zones in China in January-November 2005, with the value in billion US dollars and change on a year-on-year basis:

Total Change Export Change Import Change
Special Economic Zones 117.815 17.2% 61.724 27.0% 56.092 8.1%
Development Zones 156.931 23.8% 75.655 33.5% 81.276 16.0%
High-tech Zones 67.559 24.6% 37.791 31.5% 29.768 16.8%
Bonded Zones 79.417 19.1% 28.266 22.1% 51.151 17.6%
Export processing zones 53.591 71.1% 31.436 72.4% 22.155 69.3%
Coastal Open Cities 391.572 20.6% 209.301 26.6% 182.272 14.4%

Source: General Administration of Customs



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