II. The Customs Clearance;System is the Main Factor Restraining the Development of International Pivotal Ports.
After more than two decades of reform and opening up, China has already had the basic conditions for the development of international pivotal ports. First, the coastal cities in east China are all on the major international shipping routes in western Pacific and have an enormous amount of goods for international distribution. Statistics indicated that in 2000, the containers handled in East Asia accounted for 50 percent of the world''s total. Therefore, there is a great potential for the ports in east and southeast China to develop international transit business. Second, China''s ports handle a tremendous amount of international trade. China is already the world''s sixth largest international trade entity. As its export products are mostly low-priced products, the amount
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