II. China imported 927.669 sets of finished bearings, up 27.94% than last year, worth USD $647.556 million, higher by 32.19% from 9.9% than last year

1.The imported bearings
　　
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　　bearing type Qty % USD$ %


　　 10 thousand sets % 10 thousand USD$ %


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　　Ball bearing 55250.6 59.56 34034.8 52.56


　　tapered roller bearing 192.0 0.21 1413.3 2.18


　　spherical roller bearing 673.7 0.73 777.7 1.20


　　needle roller bearing 3044.6 3.28 1996.8 3.08


　　cylindrical roller bearing 8471.5 9.13 5208.8 8.04


　　other roller bearing 24755.9 26.69 11158.0 17.23


　　bearing with pillow blocks 378.6 0.41 910.7 1.41


　　bearing parts （6547 tons） / 7044.0 10.88


　　bearing rolling elements (2106 tons) / 2211.5 3.42


　　Total 92766.9 100 64755.6 100


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2. Countries/area
　In 2002 China imported bearings from 56 countries/area, among which there were 15 countries importing bearings, worth more than USD $0.5 million each. The total bearings imported from those 15 countries were worth USD$585.0944 million, which was 90.35% in the total imported bearings amount. The list of the 15 countries/area is as follows:
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　　No. Countries/area % up/down than last year

　　 Name 10 thousand % %


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　　1 Japan 23443.7 36.20 15.58


　　2 Germany 7641.3 11.80 33.98


　　3 Thailand 5267.2 8.13 30.22


　　4 Taiwan 4095.1 6.32 32.45


　　5 USA 4068.7 6.28 58.20


　　6 Singapore 3164.5 4.89 5.72


　　7 Sweden 2244.4 3.47 73.98


　　8 France 1584.9 2.45 71.36


　　9 Italy 1359.9 2.10 27.98


　　10 Korea 1289.9 1.99 -12.16


　　11 Indonesia 1248.0 1.93 141.77


　　12 Hong Kong 1129.2 1.74 -7.59


　　13 Malaysia 815.4 1.26 58.05


　　14 Canada 686.2 0.90


　　15 Britain 571.1 0.88


　　Total 58509.4 90.35


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