TABLE-Breakdown of China's key imports in 2009

BEIJING, Jan 11 (Reuters) - China's customs administration issued the following partial breakdown of key imports for 2009.

(Volumes expressed in tonnes, cubic metres or units; values expressed in millions of dollars; percent changes from a year earlier):

_______________Jan-Dec 2009______________

LEVEL PCT CHANGE

Volume Value Volume Value
IN TONNES
Crude Oil 203,790,000 89,255.6 13.9 -31.0
Refined Oil Products 36,960,000 16,984.0 -5.4 -43.7
Iron Ore 627,780,000 50,140.4 41.6 -17.4
Steel products 17,630,000 19,479.8 14.3 -16.9
Steel billets 4,590,000 2,029.4 1,768.1 331.8
Copper (anode, refined and alloy)

& products 4,290,259 22,625.2 62.7 18.0
Copper scrap 4,000,000 6,090.2 -28.3 2.0
Aluminium (primary, alloy)

& products 2,320,800 5,345.2 164.1 42.4
Aluminium scrap 2,630,000 2,751.8 21.9 8.3
Soybeans 42,550,000 18,787.3 13.7 -13.9
Edible oils 8,160,000 5,895.2 8.4 -30.1
Fresh, dry

fruits and nuts 2,347,746 1,649.3 36.8 43.1
Grain and Flour 3,150,000 898.1 104.6 22.7
Natural rubber 1,710,000 2,813.7 1.7 -34.6
Synthetic rubber 1,472,312 3,000.4 22.5 -10.2
Fertiliser 4,110,000 2,008.3 -34.3 -42.8
Pesticide 44,208 334.3 -0.4 12.8
Plastics

in primary forms 23,810,000 34,794.9 34.5 2.2
ABS Resin 2,166,566 3,395.8 11.0 -6.4
Polyester sheets 249,671 276.1 9.4 -12.4
Synthetic fibres

for textiles 350,000 699.6 10.8 -6.2
Synthetic fibre thread 498,418 1,502.5 -1.7 -4.1
Paper pulp 13,680,000 6,843.7 43.7 2.1
Paper and paper

board (unshaped) 3,310,000 3,145.8 -6.0 -10.7
IN CUBIC METRES
Logs 28,060,000 4,086.5 -5.1 -21.2
Cut timber 9,880,000 2,319.3 39.4 14.6
Plywood 150,000 73.4 -36.3 -47.0
IN UNITS ^Machinery and electronics ~ 491,467.1 ~ -8.7 ^High-tech products ~ 309,890.3 ~ -9.3
Metal processing

machinery 67,135 5,897.0 -23.2 -22.2
Motor vehicles

and chassis 419,860 15,402.6 2.8 1.4
Aircraft 323 9,336.9 5.9 7.6

~Unavailable.

^The machinery & electronics and high-tech categories include some other sub-categories included in this table. The Customs Administration has not given a detailed breakdown of which sub-sets fall under those two categories.
(Reporting by Beijing Economics Team; Editing by Chris Lewis)
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