China, EU trade increases 23.3 percent
The bilateral trade between
China and the European Union (EU) rose 23.3 year on year in the first nine months of 2005.
China's General Administration of Customs disclosed that the bilateral trade between
China and EU reached $157.79 billion during the January-September 2005 period.
China's bilateral trade with the US rose 25.6 percent year on year to $153.5 billion during the same period.
Japan remains
China's third largest trade partner with a trade volume of $134.6 billion, up 10.5 percent year on year.
The trade volumes of
Hong Kong and the Asian Free Trade Area (AFTA) with
China reached $94.7 billion and $94.5 billion respectively, in the first nine months of the year.
Customs statistics indicated that Guangdong and Jiangsu provinces and Shanghai ranked the top three among all regions in
China in terms of import and export value.