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                | So far, APEC has 
                  21 members whose population contributes 45 percent of the world's 
                  total. Its GDP and trade volume account for 55 percent and 46 
                  percent of the world's total. 
 In 1999, China obtained US$270.97 billion in trade volume with 
                  20 APEC members, 75.1 percent of the country's total and an 
                  increase of 11.1 percent over the previous year. The foreign 
                  investment introduced during the year had a contracted value 
                  of US$41.238 billion, of which US$40.398 billion were actually 
                  utilized. The nine Asian APEC members saw a drop in their investment 
                  in China. The United States invested a total of US$4.387 billion 
                  in China, 12.14 percent up over the previous year.
 
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