Santa isn't doing as much of his Christmas shopping in China as he used to.
An officer in Guangdong said that the
province's Christmas exports is up just 1.7% over last year.
However, exports were up 22% from 2001 to 2002, then up 25% from 2002 to 2003.
After that, the exports started to decline, dropping 20% in 2004 and another 2% in 2005.
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