The aggregated turnover of China's logistics industry totaled
26.8 trillion yuan (US$3.3 trillion) in the first half of this
year, up 15.3 percent year-on-year, says the China Logistics
Alliance Network.
The growth rate was one percentage point slower than that in the
same period of last year, says the non-governmental organization in
its latest report. In a break-down, the sector's turnover of
industrial commodities came to 23.4 trillion yuan (US$2.9
trillion), up 15.6 percent year-on-year.
Its turnover of imported goods climbed 14.2 percent year-on-year
to 2.95 trillion yuan. The turnover involving farm produce stood at
461.5 billion yuan, representing a rise of 5.1 percent
year-on-year. Rising energy prices on global market have forced
Chinese firms to pay more for logistics, the report says.
(Xinhua News Agency October 8, 2006)
