| Tibet reports rise in foreign trade |
| Last Updated(Beijing Time):2004-04-16 15:10 |
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| Southwest China's Tibetan Autonomous Region reported 161 million US dollars of foreign tradein 2003, a rise of 23.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the regional foreign trade department.
The total included 121.6 million dollars in exports, up 50 percent year-on-year, and nearly 39.5 million dollars in imports, down 19.8 percent.
Local exports and imports through border trade reached 72.4 million dollars and 5.16 million dollars in 2003, up 26.3 percent and 6.8 percent year-on-year, respectively.
Local exports to Asia rose 42 percent year-on-year to 100 million dollars in 2003, with the volume to Europe soaring by 110 percent to 9.34 million dollars and that to North America going up39 percent to 6.15 million dollars. |
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