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Strategies & Market Trends : Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

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From: RealMuLan1/7/2005 5:08:51 PM
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EU becomes China's largest trade partner
(People's Daily Online)
Updated: 2005-01-07 15:04

From January to November 2004, the trade volume between China and Europe had reached US$159.3 billion, 34.7 percent higher as against the same period in 2003. The EU has surpassed Japan and the US to become China's largest trade partner; and China has become the second largest trade partner of the EU, only next to the US, sources from the Ministry of Commerce of China say.

The Sino-European economic and trade ties underwent a rapid growth last year pushed by the high-level exchanges between China and Europe. Following the EU enlargement May 1, 2004, the EU has surpassed Japan and the US to become China's largest trade partner. Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, France and Italy are principal trade partners of China inside the EU. China's trade volume with the five countries takes 72 percent of gross trade volume with Europe. China and Europe has achieved the goal set at the sixth meeting of the Chinese and European leaders in October 2003: to realize trade volume of US$150 billion, two years earlier than expected.

In addition, the EU is the fourth largest source of foreign investment of the Chinese mainland (Hong Kong, the US and Japan being the top three sources) and the No 1 source of techniques.

chinadaily.com.cn
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