According to the WTO, Chinese exports rose ______year.

China has established itself as one of the world’s great trading nations moving past the UK into the fifth place. New figures from the World Trade Organization (WTO) show Chinese exports jumping 22% last year to 325.6 billion U.S. dollars worth and imports rising 21% to 295.2 billion U.S. dollars worth. No other trading nation in the top ten came close to that level of growth. The world leader, the United States, saw exports fall 5% in 2002 from the previous year. Exports by third rank Japan rose 3% while second rank Germany reported the 7 % rise. In the area of total trade flows of just over 13.1 trillion US dollars, the top ten traders accounted for 7.4 trillion U.S. dollars or 56%. The U. S. share is 13.78%, while China has 4.73 %.