In the first half of 2008, exports of high pollution and energy-consuming products, which are related to petroleum and chemical industries dropped significantly.
The export volume of high-pollution products like dyes and ink fell and showcased a year-on-year drop of almost 7.2 percent in the first six months of this year.
Among the exports of high energy-consuming products, crude oil exports declined to nearly 14 percent, exports of ethylene fell almost 70 percent.
On the other hand, shipment of products like chemical fertilizers and PVC increased, however their growth rates lowered during this period.
From January to June this year, export growth rate of fertilizer declined to approximately 71.5 percentage points and PVC dropped by 51.8 percentage points.
Fibre2fashion News Desk - China