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FOREIGN ECONOMY TRADE AND TOURISM

EXPLANATORY NOTES TO MAJOR STATISTICAL

 INDICATORS

Utilization of Foreign Capital  includes foreign loans, foreign direct investment, other foreign investment. Foreign capital includes cash, foods, industrial property right, special technique, etc.It includes actual investment in current year or signed in previous years.

Foreign Borrowing refer to funds borrowed from abroad by the Chinese government,departments, enterprises and other economic units,foreign currency bond issued abroad.Grouped by the category of borrowing,it includes (a)loans of foreign governments, (b) loans of international financial institutions,(c) commercial loans of foreign banks,(d)export credit of foreign banks, (e)bonds, shares issued abroad,etc.The data in this yearbook excludes foreign borrowing of foreign funded and Hongkong,Macao and Taiwan funded enterprises.

Foreign Direct Investment refers to the investment inside China by foreign funded and Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan funded enterprises, economic organizations or individuals, following the relevant policies and laws of China and using cash, practicalities technology, for the investment of corporations that are not listed in stock market, share ownership of single foreign investor is not lower than 10%.

Other Investment by Foreign Enterprises  refers to the investment other than foreign direct investment inside China by foreign funded and Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan funded enterprises, economic organizations or individuals, following the relevant policies and laws of China and using cash, practicalities technology.

Foreign Direct Investment Contracted refer to the total registered capital that according to the contract, foreign investor should provide. It includes re-investment of foreign investor using the profits obtained from enterprise, loans of foreigns shareholder among the total investment (also includes other investment of enterprise borrowed from China and abroad before 2002).

Foreign Capital Actually Used  refers to the actual investment of foreign borrowing, foreign direct investment and other investment by foreign enterprises.It includes actual withdraw of foreign borrowing, actual capital of foreign direct investment (in accordance with the capital report of Accountant Services) , actual capital of other investment by foreign enterprises.

Total Imports and Exports at Customs  refer to the value of commodities imported into and exported from Tianjin Custom. It includes the value of commodities imported into and exported from Tianjin Custom of Tianjin business units and business units of other provinces(municipalities). Imports and exports trade are the base on customs supervision, being divided into the actual imports and exports from common trade, imported and exported goods under the processing and assembling trades and materials, supplies and gifts as aid given gratis between governments and by the United Nations and other international organizations, and contributions donated by overseas Chinese, compatriots in HongKong and Macao and Chinese with foreign citizenship, leasing commodities owned by tenant at the expiration of leasing period, imported and exported commodities processed with imported materials, commodities trading in border areas (excluding mutual exchange goods) , the imported and exported commodities and articles for public use of the Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative enterprises and ventures exclusively with foreign own investment. Also included are import and export of samples and advertising goods for whose CIF or FOB value are beyond the permitted ceiling (excluding goods of no trading or use value and free commodities for export), imported goods sold in China from bonded warehouses and other imported or exported goods. The indicator of the total imports and exports at customs can be used to observe the total size of external trade in a country. In accordance with the stipulation of the Chinese government, imports are calculated at CIF,while exports are calculated at FOB. 

Foreign Trade Imports & Exports include imports and exports of business units of Tianjin at Tianjin customs and other customs. The data of customs statistics has been used since January, 1999.



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