State of the Market

Foreign Trade China ’ s for eign trade volume is exp e c t - ed to hit $1.7 trillion in 2006, a yea r -o n - year increase of more than 20 percent, said Fu Ziying, Assistant Minister of Co m m e r ce Ac c o r ding to Fu, the country’ s for ei g n tr ade volume has risen from sixth to third in the wor ld during the past five yea r s, with im p o r t and exp o r t volume growing at an aver age annual rate of 24.6 percent. China has set the goal to kee p for ei g n tr ade volume at $2.3 tril…