trade developed at a rather high speed except one or two years. The average growth rate from 1981 to 1986 was 68%. The trade amount in 1990 was 4380 million4380 million dollars which was the 18.5 times of that of 1981. The rank of USSR in the foreign partners of China rose to the fifth after HongKong and Macao, Japan, US and Germany. The rank of China in the foreign trade partners of USSR rose to the fifteenth in the 80s from the thirty-third in the 70s. However, the trade amount was quite low considering the potentiality of the two countries.Table of the Sino-USSR Trade Amount in the 80s(Unit: ten thousand dollars)YearTotal trade amountexportsimportsProportion to ChineseForeign trade (%)19811982198319841985198619871988198919901991*22 49027 59067 386118 307188 140263 766230 339290 151367 725437 911390 42611 64813 88932 81561 53996 837120 800117 197149 507176 063223 919182 33810 84213 70134 57156 76897 303142 966113 142140 644191 662213 992208 0870.60.71.72.43.14.43.43.64.53.82.9 Original resources: Chinese Foreign Economic and Trade Annual* 80% accomplished by RSFSR5. Conclusions Take a wide view of the Sino-USSR trade history, the following specialties can be seen: First, Sino-USSR political relation directly restricted the Sino-USSR economic and trades relations. The trade relation experiences dramatic changes during the forty years. It became the tool and victim of the political struggles, which was especially clearly revealed in the 60s and the 70s. It brought great losses both to China and Russia. Second, the Sino-USSR trade was carried out yearly by the official plans. Government administrated and regulated the trade between the two countries and market did not work here. It was opposed the economic regulations. This environment restrained the enthusiasm of the manufacturers and limited the development of Sino-USSR trade. Third, China and USSR could have complementaried each other very well in economics. However, the ex...
