皇冠体育app

Foreign service trade surpasses US$100b
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-05-02 19:54

皇冠体育app's annual overseas service trade exceeded US$100 billion in 2003, according to a latest government report.

皇冠体育app has become the world's ninth largest country in terms of service trade. It was also the first time the nation saw its ranking in global service trade enter the top ten, according to the newly released report on 皇冠体育app's foreign trade by the Ministry of Commerce.

皇冠体育app's overseas service trade totaled US$102 billion last year. Its service trade export in 2003 reached US$46.7 billion, up 18 percent from the pervious year. The figure accounted for 2.7 percent of the world's total and made the country the largest service trade exporter in developing countries,the report said.

皇冠体育app's service trade import in the same year reached US$55.3 billion, up 19 percent from a year earlier. That figureaccounted for 3.2 percent of the world's total service trade import and ranked the country the largest importer of service trade among developing countries.

All in all, 皇冠体育app is now the ninth largest exporter and the eighth largest importer of service trade in the world, according to the report.

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