China's Agricultural Products Import and Export, January-October 2024
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2024-11-29 10:00
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From January to October, China's import and export of agricultural products amounted to 263.90 billion U.S. dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 3.9%. Among them, exports of 82.66 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 2.8%; imports of 181.24 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of 6.7%; trade deficit of 98.58 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of 13.5%.
1、 grains
From January to October, cereal imports of 46.049 million tons, an increase of 2.3%, imports of 13.67 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of 16.3%; exports of 1.124 million tons, a decrease of 24.9%, exports of 760 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 16.1%; net imports of 44.925 million tons, an increase of 3.3%.
2、 cotton, sugar
Cotton: January-October, imports of 2.457 million tons, an increase of 70.3%; imports of $ 4.91 billion, an increase of 62.2%. In addition, cotton alternative products cotton yarn [1] imports 1.244 million tons, a decrease of 9.8%.
Sugar: January-October, imports of 3.422 million tons, an increase of 12.6%; imports of 1.89 billion dollars, an increase of 10.2%.
3、 edible oilseeds, edible vegetable oil
Edible oilseeds: January-October, imports of 97.854 million tons, an increase of 10.5% year-on-year, imports of 51.03 billion dollars, a decrease of 7.3%; exports of 866,000 tons, an increase of 22.4%, exports of 1.52 billion dollars, an increase of 10.3%; trade deficit of 49.51 billion dollars, a decrease of 7.7%.
Edible Vegetable Oil: from January to October, imports of 6.005 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 28.4%, imports of 5.93 billion dollars, a decrease of 33.4%; exports of 136,000 tons, a decrease of 12.7%, exports of 200 million dollars, a decrease of 17.9%; trade deficit of 5.73 billion dollars, a decrease of 33.8%.
4、 vegetables, fruits
Vegetables: January to October, exports of $ 15.11 billion, down 0.9%; imports of $ 910 million, an increase of 7.3%; trade surplus of $ 14.20 billion, down 1.4%.
Fruit: January-October, exports of 6.54 billion dollars, an increase of 23.4%; imports of 16.79 billion dollars, an increase of 2.3%; trade deficit of 10.25 billion dollars, a decrease of 7.7%.
- livestock products, aquatic products
Livestock products: January-October, imports of 32.51 billion dollars, down 15.7%; exports of 5.32 billion dollars, an increase of 6.1%; trade deficit of 27.19 billion dollars, down 19.0%.
Aquatic products: from January to October, exports amounted to $16.69 billion, down 0.6% year-on-year; imports amounted to $18.88 billion, down 5.1%; trade deficit amounted to $2.19 billion, down 29.4%.
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