China says US overtakes EU as its top export market
- Published: 20 Nov 2012 at 11.47
- Online news: Asia
China said Tuesday that the United States has overtaken the European Union as its biggest export market, as the continent's debt crisis has sent demand slumping.
File photo shows a truck pulling a trailer loaded with a China Shipping container at the Port of Oakland, California. China said Tuesday that the United States has overtaken the European Union as its biggest export market, as the continent's debt crisis has sent demand slumping.
"The biggest is the US and the EU is second," Commerce Ministry spokesman Shen Danyang told reporters at a regular briefing, without saying when the reversal occurred. "The EU used to be the biggest," he added.
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