Figures: foreign trade of China's five SEZs in January-August 2005

The foreign trade volume of China's five special economic zones (SEZs) in January-August 2005,with the value in billion US dollars and change on a year-on-year basis:

    SEZ   Total   Change Exports Change   Imports   Change

Xiamen 14.132 20.2%   8.707   24.6%    5.425      13.8%

Shenzhen 52.625 15.3% 27.828 27.9% 24.797 3.7%

Zhuhai 10.726 17.5% 3.983 17.6% 6.743 17.4%

Shantou 2.121 15.4% 1.257 31.5% 0.865 -2.0%

Hainan 1.548 -36.9% 0.661 -6.5% 0.887 -49.2%

Source: General Administration of Customs.

Source: Xinhua