China's trade with the Arab states reached a record high in the first half, and Arab countries expect deeper trade ties with China, officials said. Trade between China and the Arab states totaled $120 ...

How to achieve the goal of $200-billion trade volume by 2015 is an important topic for participants of a sub-forum of the ongoing 2nd China-Arab States Economic and Trade Forum held in Ningxia. More th...

The Silk Road was once a dynamic set of trade links connecting Asia, Europe and parts of Africa. Now, the ancient routes may be given new life as Chinese Muslim businessmen follow their ancestors' foo...

Trade volume between China and the Middle East 2010 surged to $190 billion, Jiang Zengwei, vice commerce minister said at the "2011 China International Muslim Entrepreneurs Forum" held in Yinchuan. In...

Yinchuan, China The UAE is striving to become the springboard for Chinese exports to the Gulf region, Abdullah Ahmad Al Saleh, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, said during the inaugu...

China's aluminium smelters may keep imports of raw material alumina under yearly contracts low 2012 as prices rise and domestic production increases, industry sources said on Sep 20, 2011. Term alumin...

China's imports of coal and liquefied natural gas in August slipped from record highs posted in the preceding month, as buyers slowed shipments towards the end of the peak summer demand season, data f...

China imported 16.59 million tonnes of coal in August, down 5.4 percent from the previous month, data supplied by the China Customs Statistics (CCS) Information Center showed on Sep 21, 2011. Total di...

The Japan Iron and Steel Federation compiled recently statistics on China import of flat rolled steel products in July 2011 based on the data released by the General Administration of China Customs. Ac...

China's hunger for all forms of raw commodities is expected to underpin a 6.5 per cent surge in Australia's agricultural export earnings to $34.6 billion this financial year. It comes after the value o...

China will likely import around 6.0 million metric tons of corn in the U.S. marketing year, Washington-based commodities consultant and analyst John C. Baize said Sep 20, 2011. China's corn imports fro...

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said on Sep. 19, 2011 that China is ready to further trade cooperation with Britain. Li made the remarks during a meeting with the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) ...

Led by industrialist Anil Ambani, corporate leaders from India are slated to establish channels for sustained dialogue with their Chinese counterparts once a new forum focused on boosting economic and...

Chinese Premier Web Jiabao made waves last week for suggesting that financial aid to Europe could be tied to trade concessions, and especially a Brussels move to designate China a "market economy" for...

China's milk powder imports have surged more than fourfold since 2008, when the melamine-tainted baby formula scandal was exposed, pressing hard on domestic milk powder manufacturers. Statistics releas...

China's power sector is expected to drive copper imports, offsetting a decline in demand from manufacturers who face economic uncertainties and tight credit conditions. Participants in an industry conf...

According to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs China coal exports increased to 1.25 million tonnes in August up by 37.37% or 340,000 tonnes from 910,000 tonnes in July....

China's pork imports are likely to hit a record 2011, but the surge will have limited influence on surging prices, analysts said. "China imported about 400,000 tons of pork and pork offal in the first...

China's crude oil import grew 10.4% year-on-year to 21 million tons in August. The total figure for the first eight months was up 8.7% at 167 million tons, according to the latest statistics released ...

China's milk powder imports are soaring, with imports in the first half of 2011 already exceeding the total amount of milk powder imported in 2009, an official with the China Chamber of Commerce of Fo...