BEIJING, Nov 19, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China imported 310,000 tons of paper and paperboard valued at 323.755 million US dollars in September 2008. The import in January-September reached 2,780,000 tons valued at 2,775.216 milion US dollars, down 10.7 percent and up 4.0 percent respectively year on year.

Following is a table showing the import from 2004 to September 2008, released by the General Administration of Customs: Cumulative Quantity (1,000 tons) Change y-o-y (%) Cumulative Value (million US dollars) Change y-o-y (%) 2004 6,110 -3.9 3,848.464 3.2 2005 5,210 -14.7 3,544.891 -7.9 2006 4,360 -16.3 3,367.294 -5.0 2007 January 360 5.2 284.975 10.1 February 590 -12.2 495.948 -0.7 March 1,010 -7.2 843.323 4.0 April 1,410 -4.2 1,195.978 7.4 May 1,770 -3.2 1,488.728 7.9 June 2,110 -4.4 1,783.046 6.8 July 2,450 -5.0 2,082.359 6.7 August 2,790 -6.0 2,383.693 5.4 September 3,110 -7.0 2,669.650 4.2 October 3,420 -7.3 2,946.816 4.1 November 3,720 -7.8 3,229.721 4.0 December 2,256 15.0 4,042.018 47.1 2008 January 290 -20.9 278.334 -2.1 February 510 -13.5 500.811 1.2 March 830 -17.5 808.488 -4.0 April 815 0.6 1,852.544 40.1 May 1,530 -13.4 1,476.866 -0.8 June 1,850 -12.5 1,788.946 0.4 July 2,190 -10.4 2,147.703 3.2 August 2,470 0.9 2,451.514 2.9 September 2,780 -10.7 2,775.216 4.0