Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality registered a rapid growth in its motorcycle exports during the first ten months of this year, according to local customs.

Customs officials said the city's motorcycle exports to the United States totaled 22.84 million US dollars, an increase of 240 percent over the same period of last year. Exports to Britain, Germany and Sweden were valued at 5.13 million, 1.39 million and 1.28 million dollars, respectively.

According to customs, the price of motorcycles from January to October this year rose to 342.9 US dollars, up from 309.2 dollars in 2002.

Customs said the exporting motorcycle's cylinder capacity is mainly below 50 CC mini-power or above 150 CC high-power, and the price remains between 313.4-966.4 US dollars.

Source: Xinhua