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China-CEEC trade rises 11% in first half, customs data shows
Customs data show vehicles, batteries and agricultural trade helped drive the 10-year growth streak, with bilateral agricultural trade up 16.2%.
Trade between China and Central and Eastern European countries rose 11% year on year to 580.12 billion yuan in the first half of this year, continuing a 10-year run of growth.
The six-month total trade was 3.7 times the value recorded in the first half of 2012, according to Lyu Daliang, spokesperson of the General Administration of Customs of China .
Chinese investment in the CEEC region is increasingly driving bilateral trade.
Trade in vehicles and auto parts totaled 59.53 billion yuan, while trade in lithium-ion batteries reached 30.01 billion yuan in the first half of the year.