Sino-Portuguese trade growth 43.0%

From January to July 2010, the volume of trade between Portugal and China was 1.017 billion Euros, an increase of 43.0% over the same period last year. Among them, Portugal exported 133 million euros to China, an increase of 30.4% year-on-year; Portugal imported 884 million euros from China, a year-on-year increase of 45.2%. Portugal’s trade deficit is 751 million euros. The increase in Sino-Portuguese trade was higher than that of Portuguese foreign trade by 30.7%.

From January to July 2010, Portugal imported 10 major products from China: machinery and equipment, metal, clothing, chemicals, textiles, agricultural products, vehicles and transport materials, plastics and rubber, optical and precision instruments, and leather goods. Products accounted for 92.5% of the amount of imports;

Portugal’s top 10 export products to China are: minerals and ores, machinery and equipment, timber and cork, metal, plastics and rubber, textiles, pulp and paper, vehicles and transport materials, food and clothing, and 10 major products accounted for exports. 96.5%.