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Changes in the pattern of China's agricultural trade, by commodity
group

Figure 11.5 shows the composition of China's agricultural exports by
commodity group for the two periods 1992-2001 and 2002-05, illustrating
how the domnance of processed agrcultural products has ncreased.
Between the two periods, its export share increased by 7.3 percentage
points, while the shares of all other agricultural commodity groups
declned.
Figure 11.6 shows the composition of China's agricultural imports by
commodty group for the same two perods. Chna's mports of agrcultural
products are dominated by the group of cereals, vegetable oilseeds and

Figure 11.5 Shares of China's agricultural exports by commodity
groupings, 1992-2001 and 2002-2005 (per cent)

45

40.16

40

1992-2001 2002-2005

35

32.86

30

27.92

26.22

25

20.41

19.71

20

14.78

15

12.15

10

5

4.04

1.75

0

Processed
Agrcultural
Products

Anmal Products Horticultural

Products

Cereals,
Vegetable
Olseeds and Ols

Raw Materials
for Textles

Sources: Author's calculaton. Data from 1992 to 2004 are from Unted Natons Statstcs
Division, Commodity Trade Statistics Database , COMTRADE. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/
comtrade/default.aspx. Data for 2005 are from Chna General Admnstraton of Customs
(various issues, 2005). Zhongguo Haiguan Tongji Yuebao [China Customs Statistical
Monthly Report], Zhongguo Haiguan Chubanshe, Beijing.