Motorcycle exports crank up

Chongqing, a motorcycle manufacturing base in Southwest China, exported 810,000 motorcycles to 67 countries and regions in the first 11 months of 2000, an increase of 770 per cent over the number for the same period in 1999. Major importers included Viet Nam, Indonesia, Iran, Bangladesh, Argentina and Nigeria. The Lifanhongda Group, a privately funded motorcycle manufacturer, has set up assembly plants in Viet Nam, South Africa and Iran and opened a trade representative office in Nigeria.