GROWING MARKET FOR IMPORTS The considerable potential of the Chinese consumer market is alluring goods from around the globe

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Goods ranging from Thai fruitto Norwegian salmon andGerman cars had filled the300,000-square-meter Shanghaiexhibition area of the SecondChina International ImportExpo (CIIE) when it opened onNovember 5. More than 3,000businesses from 150 countriesand regions including about 250Global Fortune 500 companiesand industry leaders fromaround the world exhibited theircompetitive products.