China's exports of high-end color TVs grew hugely in the first half of the year, as the country exported 30,000 PDP (plasma display panel) color TVs -- 115 times as many as last year, according to Ministry of Commerce statistics.

The total value of the sets was US$55.38 million, almost 300 times as much as last year.

In the first six months of the year, China's exports of high-end LCD (liquid crystal display) color TV grew 80 percent year-on-year to 1.08 million units worth US$210 million, 4.52 times that of the corresponding period of 2003.

China's total exports of color TVs during the period, reached 18.92 million sets valued at US$2.11 billion, up 56.7 percent and 79 percent respectively.

Color TVs are one of China's major export commodities. In 2003, China sold 32.68 million color TVs with a total value of US$3.26 billion.

(People's Daily August 10, 2004)