BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- China imported 1,328.9 tonnes of vodka from January to March, 2018, up 20.8 percent year on year, according to a monthly report jointly released by Xinhua Silk Road and China Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce (CFNA).
The value of China's vodka imports amounted to 3.681 million U.S. dollars during the period, an increase of 25.3 percent on year.
In March alone, China imported 318.7 tonnes of vodka, up 0.3 percent on year, .
From January to March, 2018, among all the countries and regions that export vodka to China, Sweden ranked the first by 1.289 million U.S. dollars in value of vodka, up 66.3 percent year on year followed by Russia and France.
In March, 2018, Russia ranked first followed by the United States and Sweden. (Edited by Niu Huizhe, niuhuizhe@xinhua.org)
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