Bilateral trade between China and Brazil hit US$12 billion in
the first half of this year, up 30.1 percent from last year, the
Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday.
This broke down into US$4.54 billion of exports and US$7.46
billion of imports, up 38.5 percent and 25.5 percent respectively,
said assistant minister Chen Jian.
Brazil is China's largest trade partner in Latin American, he
told a seminar on Sino-Brazilian trade during the 11th China
International Fair for Investment and Trade that opened Saturday in
Xiamen, a port city in the southeastern Fujian Province.
He said China is Brazil's third largest trade partner and export
destination as well as its second largest source for import.
Trade between the two countries was valued at US$20.3 billion
last year, according to the Chinese customs.
By the end of June this year, China had invested nearly US$100
million in Brazil, largely in mining, telecommunications, trade,
services, lumber processing and assembly lines of household
electric appliances.
Meanwhile, Brazil's actual investment in China had hit US$210
million, most of which went to manufacturing, real estate and
hydropower industries, said Chen.
(Xinhua News Agency September 10 2007)
