Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) — Chile has been China’s top cherry supplier for more than a decade, according to data released Wednesday by the General Administration of Customs.
In the first four months of this year, China imported cherries from Chile worth 17.54 billion yuan (about $2.44 billion), accounting for 16.2 percent of the total import volume from the Latin American country.
Bilateral trade turnover from January to April this year increased by 5.4 percent year-on-year to 163.19 billion yuan, setting a new record. The growth rate of this indicator is 3 percentage points higher than the growth rate of China’s foreign trade turnover.
China and Chile established diplomatic relations in 1970. Chile is the first Latin American country to sign a free trade agreement with China and is China’s third largest trading partner in Latin America. China is Chile’s largest trading partner.
Trade turnover between the two countries increased from 70.85 billion yuan in 2006 to 437.95 billion yuan in 2024, with an average annual growth rate of 11.2 percent. -0-