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2006 China's Chemical Industry Survey
The Survey of Foreign Investment in China's Insurance Industry of 2006
The Survey of Foreign Investment in China's Logistics Industry of 2006
2006 China's Banking Industry Survey
 
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DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA'S INDUSTRY
The economic momentum of fishery in 2007 was optimistic. During Jan. to Nov., the output of Chinese aquatic product achieved 45.38m tons, up by 4.5% comparing with the same period of the previous year. Among them, output of fresh water product was 20.2425m tons, up by 7.47%; output of capture product was 13.0253m tons, up by 1.30%; output of sea water aquaculture product was 12.1123m tons, up by 3.25%. It was estimated that the total output of the whole year would exceed that of the previous year.
STATUS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT
According to the statistics released by Ministry of Commerce, in 2006 there were 98 projects using foreign investment in fishery, down 37.18% under the same period of the previous year. The actually used foreign capital amount was about 59 million USD, down 29.01% under the previous year.
COMMITMENTS TO THE WTO AND INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES
Along with china's accession to the WTO, the tariffs on imported fishery's products will decline prominently.
DEVELOPMENT OF GLOBAL INDUSTRIES
In 2006 Canadian export of fishes and other aquatic products (aquacultural products included) reached up to 410 million USD. As a part, imports of the altogether top 5 seafood exporting markets accounted for over 80% of the total exports of Canadian fishes and other seafood. U.S. is still its largest export market. In 2006 American import accounted for 62% of Canadian total export of seafood, reaching up to 250 million USD.