China: MOFCOM says China to continue expansion of imports

W/S Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Spokesperson Gao Feng entering press conference room and approaching lectern, Beijing
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SOT, Gao Feng, Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Spokesperson (Mandarin): "According to the application of relevant companies, the tariff commission of the state council is carrying out in orderly fashion an elimination of tariffs on some commodities such as soybeans and pork."
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SOT, Gao Feng, Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Spokesperson (Mandarin): "Relevant departments have introduced a series of policies and measures to expand imports, including lowering import tariffs and improving import trade facilitation. This has played a positive role in promoting the recovery of imports. We will continue to expand imports, open up markets and facilitate trade to provide more and better choices for producers and consumers."
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SOT, Gao Feng, Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Spokesperson (Mandarin): "China is now Russia's biggest trading partner. Russia is China's 10th largest trading partner. According to Chinese statistics, in the first 11 months of this year, bilateral trade between China and Russia again exceeded 100 billion dollars, reaching 100.32 billion dollars, up 3.1 percent year on year. If the growth rate is maintained, bilateral trade is expected to hit a new record high of 110 billion dollars."
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The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) stated that China "will continue to expand imports" amid the foreign trade growth that the country has witnessed in the first 11 months of the year, during a weekly briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
MOFCOM Spokesperson Gao Feng said that his country has introduced "a series of policies and measures to expand imports, including lowering import tariffs and improving import trade facilitation," which he said "has played a positive role in promoting the recovery of imports."
Gao also noted that Russia "is China's 10th largest trading partner," with bilateral trade between the two countries "reaching 100.32 billion dollars, up 3.1 percent year on year."
"If the growth rate is maintained, bilateral trade is expected to hit a new record high of 110 billion dollars," added the MOFCOM spokesperson.