According to the Customs’ statistics, in January this year, import and export of foreign-invested enterprises totaled US$39.724 billion, an increase of 22.47 per cent over the same period of last year, 5.02 per cent higher than the growth rate (17.45 per cent) of the country in the same period, accounting for 55.59 per cent of the total import and export of the country.

In January, 2004, export of foreign-invested enterprises totaled US$19.908 billion, a 26.92 per cent increase over the same period of last year, 7.12 per cent higher than the growth rate (19.80per cent) of the country in the same period, accounting for 55.74 per cent of the total export value of the whole country, which was 3.12 per cent increase in the proportion of the country’s total export.

In January, import of foreign-invested enterprises recorded US$19.816 billion, up by 18.30 per cent over the same period of last year, 3.10 per cent higher than the growth rate (15.20 per cent) of the total import in the country, accounting for 55.45 per cent of the country’s total. Of that, foreign-invested enterprises’ import of equipment for investment projects totaled US$1.930 billion, up by 9.91 per cent over the same period of last year, accounting for 9.74 per cent of their total import, 0.74 per cent lower in the proportion of their total import.