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To: Dusty who wrote (39)5/15/1998 11:25:00 PM
From: MICHAEL R WILLIAMS  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 295
 
Dusty,

Another point of contact!!

China's Q1 oil and chemical product
exports up

China's exports of crude oil, oil products and
chemical products totalled $3.99 billion in the first
quarter of 1998, up 1.07 percent from the
year-ago period, an industry official said on Friday.

Imports of oil, oil products, and chemical
products reached $6.51 billion in the first three
months, the official from the State Petroleum and
Chemical Industry Bureau under the State
Economic and Trade Commission told Reuters.

Exports of oil products alone dropped a
year-on-year 27.7 percent in the first quarter, he
said, but did not give a breakdown.

Among the chemical products, tyre exports
increased by 29.3 percent year-on-year, while
imports dropped 55.5 percent, the official said
without giving further details.

China has said it exported 19.83 million tonnes
of crude oil and imported 35.47 million tonnes in
1997.

China's chemical exports hit $15 billion last
year, up 21 percent from 1996.

($1.0 = 8.3 yuan)

-- Beijing Newsroom (86) 10-6532-1921; Fax
(86) 10-6532-4978

-- Email: beijing.newsroom@reuters.com

Mike w