China has become Algeria's second largest supply country in November, with Chinese exports to the country amounting to 170 million U.S. dollars, according to statistics released by Algerian Customs on Sunday.

France, the United States and Italy registered the first, third and fourth largest suppliers of Algeria with an export volume of 322 million dollars, 164 million dollars and 142 million dollars, respectively.

During the past three quarters, China ranked the third largest supplier with an export volume of 1.169 billion dollars, following France and Italy with 3.241 billion dollars and 1.394 billion dollars, respectively.

It was estimated by Algerian Customs that if China continues to maintain the momentum in November, it could probably surpass Italy to become the second largest supplier to Algeria by the end of 2006.

Source: Xinhua