China keeps close farm produce trade ties with six ASEAN countries
Monday, 29 October 2007
NANNING, Oct 28 (Xinhua): China keeps close ties with six members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the trade of agricultural products, with both import and export of the products accounting for more than 90 per cent of the total with the whole of the ASEAN, industry sources said here today.
The six countries are Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. The ten-member ASEAN also groups Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.
Last year, Malaysia and Indonesia became the sixth and eighth largest purchasers of Chinese agricultural products, buying 845 million and 613 million US dollars, respectively, from China, said the sources with the organising committee of the China-ASEAN Expo that opened here Sunday in the southern China city of Nanning.
The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore were all among the first 15 bigger buyers of Chinese farm produce, spending 459 million, 364 million, 351 million and 319 million US dollars last year, respectively.
The six countries are Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. The ten-member ASEAN also groups Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.
Last year, Malaysia and Indonesia became the sixth and eighth largest purchasers of Chinese agricultural products, buying 845 million and 613 million US dollars, respectively, from China, said the sources with the organising committee of the China-ASEAN Expo that opened here Sunday in the southern China city of Nanning.
The Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore were all among the first 15 bigger buyers of Chinese farm produce, spending 459 million, 364 million, 351 million and 319 million US dollars last year, respectively.