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Futures market reports brisk trading

China's futures market posted robust growth last year, recording double-digit increases in both its trading turnover and volume, industrial data have shown. Its total trading turnover came in at 766.25 trillion yuan ($109.16 trillion) in 2025, surging 23.74 percent year-on-year, according to data from the China Futures Association. The market's trading volume topped 9.074 billion lots last year, increasing 17.4 percent from the year prior, the data show. Last September, the Shanghai Futures Exchange introduced five new derivatives, bringing China's total number of commodity futures and options products to 136.

China now Vietnam's largest shrimp market

China became Vietnam's largest shrimp export market in 2025, with shipments exceeding $1 billion for the first time, local daily VnEconomy reported. The Southeast Asian country exported 123,000 metric tons of shrimp to China for $1.24 billion last year, up 48.4 percent in volume and 63.3 percent in value as compared to 2024. Vietnam's total shrimp exports amounted to a record $4.65 billion in 2025, up 19.9 percent year-on-year.

Xinhua - China Daily