Numbers On Sep. 14-20

30 million yuan

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, will import 60,000 tons of crude gasoline from abroad in September at a price of 6,800 yuan per ton, including insurance and freight price. But the gasoline is sold at 6,300 yuan, which means Sinopec will lose 30 million yuan this month.

$36 billion

In 2006, China lost $36 billion in exports due to technological barriers, accounting for 3.71 percent of all exports.