The first 46 chemicals by volume exported by China in the first 7  months of 1998
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Product                                                         Quantity                        Volume          Average price
                                                                        Kg                      USD             USD/Kg
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous         9667005479     1005026550   0.104
   minerals, crude
Other articles of plastics                              569508915        849508579       1.492
Coke and semi-coke                              6443827116       462115041       0.072
Other bituminous coal                           11732889671  364734539           0.031
Statuettes and other ornamental  articals of plastics    125732561      247101175        1.965
Sacks and bags of other plastics, for                           153333322       217665614       1.420
   conveyance or packing of goods
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of plastics         85276417       206191592        2.418
Sacks and bags of polymers of ethylene for packing      165172074       181911370        1.101
Other household articles and toilet articles, of plastics  103680671    166620067        1.607
Motor spirit and aviation gasoline                              987945484       164399344       0.166
New pneumatic tyres, of rubber of a                             4510409         152076488        33.717
  kind used on buses or lorries
Other enzymes, prepared enzymes                 982352                  145375836       147.988
Sewing thread of synthetic staple fibre                         46184748         140290160       3.038
Other silicon                                           164041086       137821927       0.840
Plastic preparations for tableware and                          79116363         136514745   1.725
  kitchenware
Light diesel oil                                        804237808       133802423       0.166
Absorbent cotton, gauze, bandages                       23624134         126129598       5.339
Disperse dyes and preparations based th                         31533641        121447631       3.851
Paraffin wax containing by weight less                          272411778       117366809        0.431
  than 0.75% of oil
Fireworks                                       58589780        107166573       1.829
Kerosene                                        419253060       105293063       0.251
Coking coal                           &n