China has continuously deepened trade cooperation with African countries in recent years, with a rapid increase in the scale of imports and exports, data from customs authorities showed on Monday.
From 2000 to 2023, the trade scale between China and Africa expanded from less than 100 billion yuan (14.08 billion U.S. dollars) to 1.98 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 17.2 percent, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).
During the January-July period this year, China-Africa trade increased 5.5 percent year on year to 1.19 trillion yuan, hitting a record high for the same period, according to the organization.
China’s exports of ships, automobiles and wind turbine units to Africa increased by 44.8%, 35.8% and 253.1% year on year respectively during the period.
Meanwhile, China’s imports of sesame, greenhouse-cured tobacco and macadamia nuts from Africa grew by 38.8 percent, 32.7 percent and 106.2 percent respectively compared with the same period last year.
Source: https://www.chinahoje.net/china-e-africa-testemunham-rapido-crescimento-comercial/
