2002年前6个月,美国从中国进口的家具已达到28亿美元,比2001年同期增长了33%。这次中国对美出口家具的高速增长是紧随2001年中国只有13%的平缓增长之后出现的,并且2001年是7年来中国家具出口美国最低的一年。它预示着中国家具对美出口将进入一个新的历史时期。 2002年前6个月的总进口量增长了13%,达到了69亿美元,而中国占 In the first six months of 2002, U.S. imports of furniture from China reached 2.8 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 33% over the same period of 2001. The rapid growth of China’s exports of furniture to the United States came in the wake of only 13% of China’s moderate growth in 2001, and 2001 was the lowest year for Chinese furniture exports to the United States in seven years. It indicates that the export of Chinese furniture to the United States will enter a new historical period. Total imports in the first six months of 2002 increased by 13% to reach 6.9 billion U.S. dollars, while China accounted for