摘要
According to preliminarily statistics of Customs, China's total import and export in January through December in 2008 amounted to US$2561.63 billion, up by 17.8 percent on a year-on-year basis. Of which export was US$1428.55 billion and import US$1133.09 billion, up by 17.2 percent and 18.5 percent respectively. In December, total import and export in the nation reached US$183.33 billion, down by 11.1 percent. Of which export was US$111.16 billion and import US$72.18 billion, down by 2.8 percent and 21.3 percent respectively.