Figures: China's exports to EU in January-August 2005

China's major exports to the European Union in January-August 2005, with the value in million US dollars:

Items Value

Machinery, electronic products

and audio-video facilities 40,948.106

Textile material and products 12,278.906

Base metals and related products 6,251.248

Miscellaneous products (furniture,

lamp, toys, etc.) 6,266.477

Chemical products 4,007.993

Vehicles, vessels, and

transport facilities 3,966.655

Plastic and rubber products 2,547.687

China's trade with the European Union in January-August 2005 totaled 137,997.910 million US dollars, up 23.7 percent over the same period last year, with exports and imports growing by 38.7 percent and 2.4 percent to 90,762.759 million and 47,235.152 million US dollars, respectively.

Source: General Administration of Customs.