[AIG]

The $129 bil. figure is the total amount of Singapore's imports. The total amount of China's imports are about $250 bil. You have to compare apples to apples. And in the future, China's imports have room to rise while Singapore's doesn't.

[maui_hawaii]

Researchers at the New York Federal Reserve Bank estimate that only 20 percent of China’s total imports reach China’s domestic markets, while the other 80 percent consist of capital goods and industrial inputs used for the country’s exporting zones.7

China 'imported' approximately $216 billion worth of goods in Y2000

20% of that is $43.2 billion, Iceland on the other hand imported approximately $47.5 billion....