The volume of China's trade with the European Union and the United States topped 200 billion U.S. dollars in 2005, according to statistics with the General Administration of Customs of China released Wednesday.

EU remained as China's largest trade partner, with bilateral trade volume reaching 217.31 billion dollars, up 22.6 percent year-on-year.

Bilateral trade volume between China and the United States amounted to 211.63 billion dollars, up 24.8 percent.

Japan registered as China's third largest trade partner with their trade volume up 9.9 percent to 184.45 billion dollars.

In 2005, the volume of trade between China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) topped 100 billion dollars for the first time, of which China's import increased 23.4 percent to 76.82 billion dollars, 5.8 percentage points more than the growth rate of China's overall imports.

The ROK also became the second largest import source for China, while it was in the fifth place in 2004.

The Association of the Southeast Asian Nations was the third largest import source, with China's import volume of 75 billion dollars, up 19.1 percent.

Source: Xinhua