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  ¡¡BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's food export grew at a slower rate in October, due largely to September's tainted milk powder scandal and chemical-related egg contamination thereafter, the General Administration of Customs said Friday.

    In October, China exported 2.89 billion U.S. dollars worth of foodstuffs, a growth of 15.6 percent on the same month of last year. But the growth rate was 13.4 percentage points lower than September level.

    From January to October, the nation's foreign sales of foodstuffs were 27.98 billion U.S. dollars, up 16.1 percent.

    Of the total, 43.3 percent, or 12.1 billion U.S. dollars worth, were sold by foreign-funded companies, up 11.3 percent.

    Aquatics and vegetables were the nation's main food exports, accounting for 14.9 percent and 11.9...

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