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NEV Production And Sales - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 4, 2025 shows cars ready for shipment and export at a port area in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's new energy vehicle (NEV) sector maintained strong momentum in production and sales in the first nine months of the year, according to industry data released Tuesday. NEV production jumped 35.2 percent year on year to 11.24 million units during the first three quarters, as reported by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Sales during the same period climbed 34.9 percent year on year to nearly 11.23 million units, accounting for 46.1 percent of total vehicle sales in China, CAAM data showed. Photo by Yang Suping /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kumquat auction in Japan

Fully ripe "Tamatama" brand kumquats are prepared for the season's first shipment in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 16, 2025. The citrus fruits fetched 100,000 yen ($637) per kilogram in the season's first auction.

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Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated April 23, 2021 - Saudi customs announce seizing 2.4 million amphetamine narcotic tablets (also known as Captagon), hidden in a pomegranate fruit shipment coming, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated April 23, 2021 - Saudi customs announce seizing 2.4 million amphetamine narcotic tablets (also known as Captagon), hidden in a pomegranate fruit shipment coming, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated April 23, 2021 - Saudi customs announce seizing 2.4 million amphetamine narcotic tablets (also known as Captagon), hidden in a pomegranate fruit shipment coming, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated April 23, 2021 - Saudi customs announce seizing 2.4 million amphetamine narcotic tablets (also known as Captagon), hidden in a pomegranate fruit shipment coming, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated April 23, 2021 - Saudi customs announce seizing 2.4 million amphetamine narcotic tablets (also known as Captagon), hidden in a pomegranate fruit shipment coming, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated April 23, 2021 - Saudi customs announce seizing 2.4 million amphetamine narcotic tablets (also known as Captagon), hidden in a pomegranate fruit shipment coming, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated April 23, 2021 - Saudi customs announce seizing 2.4 million amphetamine narcotic tablets (also known as Captagon), hidden in a pomegranate fruit shipment coming, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captagon A Synthetic Stimulant That Earned Billions For The Assad Regime

File photo dated April 23, 2021 - Saudi customs announce seizing 2.4 million amphetamine narcotic tablets (also known as Captagon), hidden in a pomegranate fruit shipment coming, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. For years, Bschar al-Assad regime secretly netted three times more money than all of Mexico's cartels with a small white pill that everyone from ISIS terrorists to construction workers chased after. Captagon, known locally as the 'drug of jihad', and 'poor man's cocaine', was originally sold as a cure for attention deficit disorders, narcolepsy and depression when it was first developed by a German pharmaceutical firm in 1961. In 1986, Captagon was banned in almost all countries after it was listed as a Schedule II drug by the UN. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First shipment from quake-hit Wajima port

Photo taken on Oct. 31, 2024, shows fish catches unloaded from a vessel using a belt conveyor at Wajima port in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for the first shipment since the seabed there was elevated following a powerful earthquake that hit the region on New Year's Day.

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First shipment from quake-hit Wajima port

Photo taken on Oct. 31, 2024, shows fish catches unloaded from a vessel using a belt conveyor at Wajima port in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for the first shipment since the seabed there was elevated following a powerful earthquake that hit the region on New Year's Day.

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First shipment from quake-hit Wajima port

Photo taken on Oct. 31, 2024, shows fish catches unloaded from a vessel using a belt conveyor at Wajima port in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for the first shipment since the seabed there was elevated following a powerful earthquake that hit the region on New Year's Day.

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First shipment from quake-hit Wajima port

Photo taken on Oct. 31, 2024, shows fish catches unloaded from a vessel using a belt conveyor at Wajima port in Wajima in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa for the first shipment since the seabed there was elevated following a powerful earthquake that hit the region on New Year's Day.

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Vehicles Export Growth

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 21, 2024 - Chinese-made cars are assembled at Yantai Port for shipment for export in Yantai, Shandong province, China, Oct 21, 2024. According to the General Administration of Customs, China exported 4.7 million vehicles in the first three quarters of 2024. That's nearly 1 million more than last year, and sales have increased by 100 billion yuan.

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Vehicles Export Growth

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 21, 2024 - Chinese-made cars are assembled at Yantai Port for shipment for export in Yantai, Shandong province, China, Oct 21, 2024. According to the General Administration of Customs, China exported 4.7 million vehicles in the first three quarters of 2024. That's nearly 1 million more than last year, and sales have increased by 100 billion yuan.

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Vehicles Export Growth

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 21, 2024 - Chinese-made cars are assembled at Yantai Port for shipment for export in Yantai, Shandong province, China, Oct 21, 2024. According to the General Administration of Customs, China exported 4.7 million vehicles in the first three quarters of 2024. That's nearly 1 million more than last year, and sales have increased by 100 billion yuan.

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Vehicles Export Growth

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 21, 2024 - Chinese-made cars are assembled at Yantai Port for shipment for export in Yantai, Shandong province, China, Oct 21, 2024. According to the General Administration of Customs, China exported 4.7 million vehicles in the first three quarters of 2024. That's nearly 1 million more than last year, and sales have increased by 100 billion yuan.

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Vehicles Export Growth

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 21, 2024 - Chinese-made cars are assembled at Yantai Port for shipment for export in Yantai, Shandong province, China, Oct 21, 2024. According to the General Administration of Customs, China exported 4.7 million vehicles in the first three quarters of 2024. That's nearly 1 million more than last year, and sales have increased by 100 billion yuan.

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Vehicles Export Growth

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 21, 2024 - Chinese-made cars are assembled at Yantai Port for shipment for export in Yantai, Shandong province, China, Oct 21, 2024. According to the General Administration of Customs, China exported 4.7 million vehicles in the first three quarters of 2024. That's nearly 1 million more than last year, and sales have increased by 100 billion yuan.

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Yantai Port Export

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2024 - Chinese domestically made cars and construction machinery are gathered for shipment for export at Yantai Port in Shandong province, China, Oct 14, 2024. On October 14, 2024, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed that in the first three quarters of 2024, the total value of China's import and export of goods trade was 32.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.3%.

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Yantai Port Export

YANTAI, CHINA - OCTOBER 14, 2024 - Chinese domestically made cars and construction machinery are gathered for shipment for export at Yantai Port in Shandong province, China, Oct 14, 2024. On October 14, 2024, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed that in the first three quarters of 2024, the total value of China's import and export of goods trade was 32.33 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.3%.

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TEPCO's spent nuclear fuel shipping

People hold a rally near Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 24, 2024, protesting the shipment of spent nuclear fuel from the plant to the country's first interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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TEPCO's spent nuclear fuel shipping

People hold a rally near Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 24, 2024, protesting the shipment of spent nuclear fuel from the plant to the country's first interim storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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China Automobile Export Growth

YANTAI, CHINA - JULY 5, 2024 - Chinese cars are assembled at Yantai Port for shipment for export in Yantai, Shandong province, China, July 5, 2024. On July 4, 2024, according to the data of the General Administration of Customs organized by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in the first five months of this year, China's total vehicle exports were 2.446 million, an increase of 26.6%; Exports reached 46.43 billion US dollars, up 19.9 percent year on year.

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Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade

STORY: Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade SHOOTING TIME: June 20, 2024 DATELINE: June 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of pine trees in eastern Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): CHIN MOHAMMAD, Farmer 3. various of pine trees in eastern Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): MINA GUL, Farmer 5. various of pine nuts STORYLINE: Once primarily used as a source of fuel for heating homes, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers. Afghanistan's annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts is mostly destined for neighboring China. Since November 2018, a China-Afghanistan air corridor has offered a lucrative source of income for farmers in Afghanistan's remote mountains. The first air shipment contained 20 tonnes of pine nuts and flew from Kabul to Shanghai. Afghani farmer Chin Mohammad said six years ago that most pine nut buyers in his village were from neighboring countries. They would purchase

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Shine Muscat grape

OKAYAMA,Japan, June 2 Kyodo -Video taken on June 2, 2024, shows Shine Muscat grape just before the season's first shipment in the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, western Japan.(Kyodo)

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Shine Muscat grape

Photo taken on June 2, 2024, shows Shine Muscat grape just before the season's first shipment in the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, western Japan.

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Muscat of Alexandria grape

Photo taken on June 2, 2024, shows Muscat of Alexandria grape just before the season's first shipment in the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, western Japan.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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Port Trade in Lianyungang

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - MAY 27, 2024 - Wind power equipments are ready for shipment at the terminal in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, May 27, 2024. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% in April. In the first four months of this year, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size in China reached 2,094.69 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent year-on-year.

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2024 Q1 China Automobile Exports Increase

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 8, 2024 - A large number of Chinese-made automobiles and construction machinery are assembled at the port of Yantai, waiting for shipment for export, in Yantai, Shandong province, China, May 8, 2024. On May 7, 2024, data from the General Administration of Customs organized by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed that in the first quarter of 2024, China's total vehicle exports totaled 1.322 million units, an increase of 23.6%. The total export value of 25.19 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.8%.

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2024 Q1 China Automobile Exports Increase

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 8, 2024 - A large number of Chinese-made automobiles and construction machinery are assembled at the port of Yantai, waiting for shipment for export, in Yantai, Shandong province, China, May 8, 2024. On May 7, 2024, data from the General Administration of Customs organized by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed that in the first quarter of 2024, China's total vehicle exports totaled 1.322 million units, an increase of 23.6%. The total export value of 25.19 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.8%.

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2024 Q1 China Automobile Exports Increase

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 8, 2024 - A large number of Chinese-made automobiles and construction machinery are assembled at the port of Yantai, waiting for shipment for export, in Yantai, Shandong province, China, May 8, 2024. On May 7, 2024, data from the General Administration of Customs organized by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed that in the first quarter of 2024, China's total vehicle exports totaled 1.322 million units, an increase of 23.6%. The total export value of 25.19 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.8%.

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2024 Q1 China Automobile Exports Increase

YANTAI, CHINA - MAY 8, 2024 - A large number of Chinese-made automobiles and construction machinery are assembled at the port of Yantai, waiting for shipment for export, in Yantai, Shandong province, China, May 8, 2024. On May 7, 2024, data from the General Administration of Customs organized by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed that in the first quarter of 2024, China's total vehicle exports totaled 1.322 million units, an increase of 23.6%. The total export value of 25.19 billion US dollars, an increase of 17.8%.

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Vehicles Trade Growth in China

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - APRIL 11, 2024 - A large number of vehicles are ready for shipment at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, April 11, 2024. According to the latest data of automobile production and sales in the first quarter of 2024 released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in March 2024, automobile production and sales were 2.687 million and 2.694 million, respectively, up 4% and 9.9% year-on-year. From January to March, automobile production and sales were 6.606 million and 6.72 million, respectively, an increase of 6.4% and 4.6%.

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Vehicles Trade Growth in China

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - APRIL 11, 2024 - A large number of vehicles are ready for shipment at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, April 11, 2024. According to the latest data of automobile production and sales in the first quarter of 2024 released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in March 2024, automobile production and sales were 2.687 million and 2.694 million, respectively, up 4% and 9.9% year-on-year. From January to March, automobile production and sales were 6.606 million and 6.72 million, respectively, an increase of 6.4% and 4.6%.

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Vehicles Trade Growth in China

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - APRIL 11, 2024 - A large number of vehicles are ready for shipment at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, April 11, 2024. According to the latest data of automobile production and sales in the first quarter of 2024 released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in March 2024, automobile production and sales were 2.687 million and 2.694 million, respectively, up 4% and 9.9% year-on-year. From January to March, automobile production and sales were 6.606 million and 6.72 million, respectively, an increase of 6.4% and 4.6%.

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Vehicles Trade Growth in China

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - APRIL 11, 2024 - A large number of vehicles are ready for shipment at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, April 11, 2024. According to the latest data of automobile production and sales in the first quarter of 2024 released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in March 2024, automobile production and sales were 2.687 million and 2.694 million, respectively, up 4% and 9.9% year-on-year. From January to March, automobile production and sales were 6.606 million and 6.72 million, respectively, an increase of 6.4% and 4.6%.

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Vehicles Trade Growth in China

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - APRIL 11, 2024 - A large number of vehicles are ready for shipment at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, April 11, 2024. According to the latest data of automobile production and sales in the first quarter of 2024 released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in March 2024, automobile production and sales were 2.687 million and 2.694 million, respectively, up 4% and 9.9% year-on-year. From January to March, automobile production and sales were 6.606 million and 6.72 million, respectively, an increase of 6.4% and 4.6%.

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Vehicles Trade Growth in China

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - APRIL 11, 2024 - A large number of vehicles are ready for shipment at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, April 11, 2024. According to the latest data of automobile production and sales in the first quarter of 2024 released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in March 2024, automobile production and sales were 2.687 million and 2.694 million, respectively, up 4% and 9.9% year-on-year. From January to March, automobile production and sales were 6.606 million and 6.72 million, respectively, an increase of 6.4% and 4.6%.

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Vehicles Trade Growth in China

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - APRIL 11, 2024 - A large number of vehicles are ready for shipment at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China, April 11, 2024. According to the latest data of automobile production and sales in the first quarter of 2024 released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in March 2024, automobile production and sales were 2.687 million and 2.694 million, respectively, up 4% and 9.9% year-on-year. From January to March, automobile production and sales were 6.606 million and 6.72 million, respectively, an increase of 6.4% and 4.6%.