Statistics show that the import & export of FIEs totaled US$170.880 billion in January through September 2000, up by 38.73% over the same period in 1999; the export volume of FIEs reached US$85.670 billion, up by 36.63%, while the import reached US$85.211 billion, up by 40.92%. Of the investment made by FIEs, US$9.351 billion went to the import of equipment for their own use, up by 14.64% and accounting for 10.97% of their total import volume.