Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value was 873 1000 USD in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1966–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 USD.
Analysis
China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 873 1000 USD for soil working equipment (trade) — import value in 2008.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 31.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soil working equipment (trade) — import value in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 2,308 1000 USD in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3 1000 USD, in 1966.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 123rd out of 192 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 3 1000 USD | — |
| 1967 | 3 1000 USD | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 7 1000 USD | +133.3% |
| 1969 | 4 1000 USD | -42.9% |
| 1971 | 47 1000 USD | +1075.0% |
| 1972 | 50 1000 USD | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 108 1000 USD | +116.0% |
| 1974 | 191 1000 USD | +76.9% |
| 1975 | 236 1000 USD | +23.6% |
| 1976 | 185 1000 USD | -21.6% |
| 1977 | 453 1000 USD | +144.9% |
| 1978 | 433 1000 USD | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 557 1000 USD | +28.6% |
| 1980 | 501 1000 USD | -10.1% |
| 1981 | 606 1000 USD | +21.0% |
| 1982 | 514 1000 USD | -15.2% |
| 1983 | 639 1000 USD | +24.3% |
| 1984 | 687 1000 USD | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 747 1000 USD | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 421 1000 USD | -43.6% |
| 1987 | 634 1000 USD | +50.6% |
| 1988 | 1,002 1000 USD | +58.0% |
| 1989 | 1,326 1000 USD | +32.3% |
| 1990 | 520 1000 USD | -60.8% |
| 1991 | 1,053 1000 USD | +102.5% |
| 1992 | 802 1000 USD | -23.8% |
| 1993 | 540 1000 USD | -32.7% |
| 1994 | 773 1000 USD | +43.1% |
| 1995 | 949 1000 USD | +22.8% |
| 1996 | 810 1000 USD | -14.6% |
| 1997 | 893 1000 USD | +10.2% |
| 1998 | 1,266 1000 USD | +41.8% |
| 1999 | 617 1000 USD | -51.3% |
| 2000 | 622 1000 USD | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 826 1000 USD | +32.8% |
| 2002 | 232 1000 USD | -71.9% |
| 2003 | 152 1000 USD | -34.5% |
| 2004 | 508 1000 USD | +234.2% |
| 2005 | 2,308 1000 USD | +354.3% |
| 2006 | 582 1000 USD | -74.8% |
| 2007 | 853 1000 USD | +46.6% |
| 2008 | 873 1000 USD | +2.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in China, Hong Kong SAR changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +1075.0% | 4 1000 USD | 47 1000 USD |
| 2005 | +354.3% | 508 1000 USD | 2,308 1000 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.25 1000 USD | 3 1000 USD | 7 1000 USD | 4 |
| 1970s | 251.11 1000 USD | 47 1000 USD | 557 1000 USD | 9 |
| 1980s | 707.7 1000 USD | 421 1000 USD | 1,326 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 822.3 1000 USD | 520 1000 USD | 1,266 1000 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 772.89 1000 USD | 152 1000 USD | 2,308 1000 USD | 9 |
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More environment data for China, Hong Kong SAR
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 261 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 293 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.57 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.03 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 73 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 219 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 824 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soil working equipment (trade) — import value in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Soil working equipment (trade) — import value in China, Hong Kong SAR was 873 1000 USD in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 2,308 1000 USD in 2005.
- What is the lowest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 1000 USD in 1966.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for soil working equipment (trade) — import value?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 123rd out of 192 countries with data for 2008.
- Is soil working equipment (trade) — import value rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Important notice: FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery is no longer active. The latest online version of the database has as reference year 2009 (with data collected in year 2011). FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery provides statistical series on Agricultural Machinery and Equipment statistical series referring to the following items: tractors, harvesters and threshers, irrigation pumps, milking machines, hand tools, and soil machines. The database includes estimates of agriculture machinery in use and value of import and export of agriculture machinery.