April 23, 2009
China Feb '09 grain imports up from year-ago level
China imported 391,000 tonnes of grain valued at US$1.42 billion in February 2009, an increase from the year ago period.
Meanwhile, the import in January-February reached 730,000 tonnes, valuing at US$2.7 billion.
Following is a table showing the export from 2008 to February 2009, released by the General Administration of Customs:
|
Year (2008) |
Cumulative quantity('000 tonnes) |
Change y-o-y
(percent) |
Cumulative value (US$ million) |
Change y-o-y
(percent) |
|
January |
395 |
16.6 |
2,012.07 |
118.7 |
|
February |
633 |
19.1 |
3,271.21 |
129.6 |
|
March |
901 |
7.5 |
4,771.40 |
109.5 |
|
April |
1,184 |
-0.1 |
6,396.62 |
92.9 |
|
May |
1,571 |
2.7 |
8,627.22 |
96 |
|
June |
1,957 |
6.2 |
10,874.21 |
102.6 |
|
July |
2,333 |
7.1 |
13,162.78 |
102.3 |
|
August |
2,739 |
9 |
15,775,618 |
106.5 |
|
September |
3,181 |
16.2 |
18,531.79 |
120 |
|
October |
3,415 |
12.1 |
19,868.54 |
106 |
|
November |
3,768 |
10.6 |
21,612.58 |
92.4 |
|
December |
4,131 |
10.7 |
23,100.92 |
80.8 |
|
Year (2009) |
Cumulative quantity ('000 tonnes) |
Change y-o-y
(percent) |
Cumulative value (US$ million) |
Change y-o-y
(percent) |
|
January |
339 |
-14.1 |
1,277.69 |
-36.7 |
|
February |
730 |
15.3 |
2,700.81 |
-17.7 |
