China's cotton & wool imports grow during Jan-Feb 2006
15 Apr '06
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The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Gain Report Number: CH6018 dated 13.4.2006 presents China Customs agricultural, fishery, and forestry commodity trade data recorded during January - February 2006.
Year to date agricultural, fishery, and forestry imports were $5.5 billion of which $1.2 billion originated from the United States.
Leading imports from the world were cotton, soybeans, untreated wood, natural rubber, and palm oil. China's agricultural, fishery, and forestry exports were $5.2 billion, primarily processed aquatic products, corn and woodenware.
Highlights China Customs Reported Trade (January – February, 2006)
As per the figures available in the report, all commodities imported world wide by China during Jan-Feb 2006 stood at US 107.2 billion and among these Agriculture,fish and forestry products stood at $5.5 billion.
In particular, imports from the US for all commodities stood at $7.8 billion while for agriculture, fishery and forestry logged $1.2 billion.
China's exports to the world in this period stood at $119.1 billion and specifically for agricultural, fish and forestry produce reached $5.2 billion.
China's exports to US reached $25.4 billion for all commodities during Jan-Feb 2006 while for the agriculture, fish and forestry recorded at $0.8 billion alone as per China Customs Data.
At the four-digit HTS level, China's imports of soybeans ($540 million) remain the second highest value import of any agricultural or non-agricultural commodities from the United States. Imports of cotton ($276 million) ranked fourth.
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