According to the statistics of the General Administration of Customs of PRC, the total import & export volume in Jan.2016 reached USD 379 milion, drop by 17.1% year-on-year; trade surplus was USD 254 million, down 10.7% YoY.
Table 1 Jan. 2016 Import & Export Statistics Data and Trade Balance ($10thousand,%)
Category total import & export volume Trade Balance Jan.2016 Jan.2015 YoY Jan.2016 Jan.2015 YoY Pesticide 37939 45782 -17.1 25419 28474 -10.7 Of which Insecticide 8718 8888 -1.9 5853 6260 -6.5 Fungicide 6556 7746 -15.4 1968 732 169.0 20877 27137 -23.1 17655 21819 -19.1 Table 2 Jan.2016 Imp & Export Statistics Data (Ten thousand tons, $10thousand,% )
Category Imp Volume YoY Value YoY Pesticide 0.9 -4.1 6260 -27.7 Of which Insecticide 0.2 101.8 1432 9.0 Fungicide 0.3 21.9 2294 -34.6 Herbicide 0.2 -37.3 1611 -39.4 Category Exp Volume YoY Value YoY Pesticide 11.2 -2.0 31679 -14.7 Of which Insecticide 2.0 6.9 7285 -3.8 Fungicide 0.9 18.7 4262 0.5 Herbicide 7.9 -5.7 19266 -21.3 In Jan.2016, the pesticide import total volume reached 9,000 tons, a decrease of 4.1% YoY, and the import value reached 63 million US dollars, a sharp decrease of 27.7%. The insecticide import total volume reached a total of 2,000 tons, an sharp increase of 101.8% YoY, and imports amounted to 14 million US dollars, up by 9.0% YoY; the fungicide imports volume reached 3,000 tons, up 21.9% YoY, while imports value amounted to 23million US dollars, down 34.6 YoY; the herbicide imports volume reached 2,000 tons, up 37.3% YoY, while imports value amounted to 16 million US dollars, drop 39.4 YoY. In Jan. 2016, the pesticide export total volume reached 112,000 tons, a decrease of 2.0% YoY, and the export value reached 317million US dollars, a sharp decrease of 14.7%. Whilethe fungicide export volume and value keep growth, respectively up by 18.7% and 0.5%; the insecticide export volume was 20,000 tons, up 6.9% YoY, export value was 73 million US dollars, down 3.8%; the herbicide export volume was 79,000 tons, up 5.7% YoY, export value was 193 million US dollars; drop 21.3% YoY.
