The following are some China economic news items in brief. TIBET'S FOREIGN TRADE UP MORE THAN 70 PERCENT Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region generated 500 million U.S. dollars in foreign trade in the first three quarters of this year, a rise of 73.9 percent on the same period of last year, the local customs house announced Wednesday. The total included 450 million U.S. dollars in export value, up 68.9 percent year on year, and 50 million dollars in import value, up 129.1 percent year on year. The region's leading exports included textile products, machines and electronics and farm produce. Between January and September, Tibet sold abroad 190 million U.S. dollars worth of textile products, up 104.1 percent year on year, 81.98 million dollars worth of machines and electronics, up 52.5 percent year on year, and 44.74 million dollars worth of farm produce, up 57.2 percent year on year. ANHUI'S GDP UP NEARLY 15 PERCENT East China's Anhui Province generated 882.08 billion yuan (129.7 billion U.S. dollars) in gross domestic product, or GDP, in the first nine months of this year, an increase of 14.7 percent on the same period of last year, local statistical bureau announced Wednesday. The growth rate was 4.1 percentage points higher than the national average. The industrial sector contributed significantly to the GDP growth. Between January and September, Anhui produced 878,000 motor vehicles, roughly the same as the level for the whole of last year and 16.8 million refrigerators and 12.4 million air conditioners, exceeding the output for the whole of 2009. JIANGSU'S DAIRY IMPORTS RISE DRAMATICALLY East China's Jiangsu Province imported 4,947 tons of dairy products in the first three quarters of this year, a rise of 470 percent on the same period of last year, the local customs house announced Wednesday. The arrivals were valued at 12.11 million U.S. dollars, up 540 percent year on year. Custom analysts attributed the rapid growth to the fact that some domestic dairy companies had turned to milk sources abroad. Most of the imports came from the European Union, New Zealand and Australia. Of the total imports, 69.8 percent, or 3,451 tons were bought by foreign-funded companies, up 580 percent year on year. 