Foreign invested companies dominated foreign trade from Liaoning in 2006 with export value and import value up 12.5 per cent and 11.8 per cent to US$15 billion and US$12.23 billion respectively. This accounted for the 53 per cent and 61 per cent respectively of export and import value of the province.
Export value surged 20.8 per cent to US$28.32 billion while import value grew 14.2 per cent to US$20.07 billion, according to statistics.
Major trading partners included Japan, South Korea and the United States. ExportS to Japan were up 9.2 per cent to US$6.89 billion while imports from Japan dropped 4.8 per cent to US$3.99 billion.
Exports to South Korea increased 16.9 per cent to US$3.37 billion while importS from the country to Liaoning rose 9.9 per cent to US$2.26 billion.
Exports to the US surged 25 per cent to US$4.19 billion, while imports fell 10 per cent to US$1.16 billion.