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The trading volume of Guangdong companies at the Canton Fair reached 1.2 billion US dollars by April 16, 60 percent more than the last session and accounting for 37 percent of the fair's total trade.

Guangdong Trade to markets in Europe and the US continue to be very high this session. The European export volume is 460 million US dollars and the US export volume is 140 million US dollars.

Electronic appliances and mechanics have had the highest trade volume among all Guangdong products at the fair with 972 million dollars in trade and accounting for 78.2 percent of the total trade volume of Guangdong companies.

In related news, yesterday afternoon, Secretary of CPC Guangdong Committee, Zhang Dejiang, visited the Canton Fair and stated the importance of the Canton Fair for China trade saying that the Fair's trading volume represents one fourth of the nation's general exports and one third of Guangdong's total exports. He hopes the Fair and the government will work together to further improve the investment environment and continue to make the fair better and better.

Editor: Olivia