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New, high-tech products trade grows 21%
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-05-31 16:08 China's foreign trade in new and high-tech products increased by 20.9 percent over the first four months of this year compared with the previous year's level, theMinistry of Commercesaid on Thursday.
The export value of new and high-tech products went up 25.1 percent to US$101.5 billion, or 29 percent of the nation's total exports, and import value up 16.4 percent to US$86.3 billion, or 30.1 percent of the total. Meanwhile, import and export of machinery and electronics grew at slower rates in the four-month period. Foreign trade of such products amounted to US$350.3 billion, or 55.1 percent of China's total external trade volume. Exports went up 27.4 percent to US$202 billion, and the growth rate was 5.2 percent lower. Imports rose 14.6 percent to US$148.3 billion, and the growth rate was 14 percent slower. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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