Minister: China's foreign trade to hit $2.6 trln in 2008

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Chinese media) -- China's overall foreign trade volume is expected to stand at 2.6 trillion U.S. dollars in 2008, up from 2.17 trillion dollars last year, and foreign investment is to hit 95 billion U.S. dollars, up from 74.8 billion U.S dollars, Chen Deming, minister of Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

In the first 11 months, export and import totaled nearly 2.38 trillion U.S dollars, up 20.9 percent year on year.