China Customs recently published a report on the Top 200 Exporters and Importers in China in 2008. According to the report, the total export value of China's 200 leading exporters was USD 367.53 billion, an increase of 21.3% on 2007. The leading 200 exporters accounted for 25.7% of the total export value. The total import value of China's 200 leading importers was USD 448.98 billion in 2008, an increase of 30.1% compared to 2007. These 200 importers accounted for 39.6% of total import value in 2008.

The minimum export value of the leading 200 exporters increased by USD 0.1 billion, from USD 0.51 billion in 2007 to USD 0.61 billion in 2008. And the minimum import value of the top 200 reached USD 0.7 billion. This shows that, in 2008, the average trade value of the top 200 exporters increased to USD 1.84 billion, USD 0.2 billion higher than in 2007.

The top 10 exporters on the list were unchanged from 2007. They are the following (Rank, Enterprise, Export Value in USD million):
1 Shenzhen Hongfujin Precision Industry Co., Ltd., 26218
2 Dongguan External Processing & Assembling Service Co., 15514
3 Dagong (Shanghai) Electric Appliance Co., Ltd., 15040
4 Nokia Corporation, 8576
5 Helian Yongshuo Computer (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., 7849
6 Shenzhen Baoan Foreign Economic Development Co., Ltd., 7371
7 Tech-Front (Shanghai) Computer Co., Ltd., 6668
8 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., 6531
9 Inventec Science & Technology Co., Ltd., 5989
10 Renbao Information Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd., 5232

The minimum import scale of the top 10 was USD 5.23 billion, while that of 2007 was USD 4.66 billion.

The top 10 importers are the following (Rank, Enterprise, Export Value in USD million):

1 China International United Petroleum & Chemical Co., Ltd., 76463
2 PetroChina International Co Ltd., 24840
3 Shenzhen Hongfujin Precision Industry Co., Ltd., 21072
4 Sinochem Group, 12576
5 Dongguan External Processing & Assembling Service Co., 11633
6 Zhuhai Zhen Rong Company, 7755
7 BAX Global Shanghai 6471
8 Baosteel Group Corporation, 5613
9 West Pacific Petrochemical Company Co., Ltd. Dalian, 5453
10 AU Optronics Corporation, 4742

More interesting facts that came out of the report:

• All the enterprises ranked in the list of exporters distributed in 19 provinces in China
  
• 185 exporters of the top 200 are located in eastern coastal regions
  
• The total trade value of 2008 was USD 2561.6 billion, an increase of 17.8% compared to 2007
  
• The total value of exports was USD 1428.55 billion, an increase of 17.2% compared to 2007, and the value of imports reached USD 1133.08 billion, an increase of 18.5%