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CHINA IS WORLD'S THIRD BIGGEST SHIPBUILDER
(Shipping Times)
May 19, 1997
[BEIJING] China has become the world's third biggest shipbuilder, with production hitting 1.9 million tonnes in 1996, according to a recent report in the Economic Daily.
The figure accounted for 5 per cent of the world total, the newspaper said. Japan is the world's top shipbuilder, followed by South Korea. Germany has up to now been number three.
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