Statistics show that the import & export of FIEs totaled US$192.306 billion in January through October 2000, up by 38.67% over the same period in 1999; the export volume of FIEs reached US$97.125 billion, up by 37.13%, while the import reached US$95.18 billion, up by 40.27%. Of the investment made by FIEs, US$10.402 billion went to the import of equipment for their own use, up by 15.37% and accounting for 10.93% of their total import volume.