Foreign Trade Hits Record in 2006

On January 11th,2006 the CustomsGeneral Administration announcedChina’s foreign trade in 2006.The accumulative total import andexport value hit a record US$1.76 tril-lion in 2006,a year-on-year increaseof 23.8%,while the favorable balanceof trade widened to US$177.47 billion,a year-on-year increase of 74%.Export