Figures: China's top 10 trading provincesForeign trade volumes of China's top ten trading provinces and municipalities from January to September 2004, with the value in million US dollars and change on a year-on-year basis:
| Province | Total | Change | Exports | Change | Imports | Change |
| Guangdong | 253,724 | 26.4% | 133,582 | 25.3% | 120,142 | 27.6% |
| Jiangsu | 121,396 | 54.9% | 60,777 | 51.0% | 60,618 | 59.0% |
| Shanghai | 117,853 | 45.6% | 53,179 | 49.9% | 64,673 | 42.3% |
| Beijing | 67,638 | 32.4% | 14,269 | 16.8% | 53,369 | 37.4% |
| Zhejiang | 61,724 | 39.0% | 41,725 | 40.3% | 19,999 | 36.4% |
| Shandong | 43,867 | 37.7% | 28,085 | 34.3% | 18,791 | 42.5% |
| Fujian | 34,949 | 37.8% | 21,341 | 41.6% | 13,608 | 32.2% |
| Tianjin | 30,301 | 45.7% | 14,637 | 45.1% | 15,664 | 46.3% |
| Liaoning | 23,719 | 27.4% | 12,514 | 25.1% | 11,205 | 30.0% |
| Hebei | 9,198 | 42.8% | 6,094 | 44.6% | 3,104 | 39.4% |
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