| 1. | Indirect trade has grown to $ 22 . 5 billion.
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| 2. | Hong Kong serves as the conduit for about 85 percent of Taiwan's indirect trade with China.
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| 3. | Since China and South Korea began indirect trade in 1975, the trade volume has steadily increased.
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| 4. | Indirect trade has grown to $ 22.5 billion.
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| 5. | This indirect trade runs heavily in Taiwan's favor, providing another outlet for the island's booming economy.
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| 6. | North Korea does little to discourage indirect trade between the North and South through a third country.
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| 7. | The indirect trade with China made up 9.5 percent of Taiwan's total foreign trade in the period.
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| 8. | But indirect trade, through Hong Kong or other third countries, has grown to about $ 200 million a year.
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| 9. | Bitter hostilities between Taiwan and China gave way to booming indirect trade and civilian ties in the late 1980s.
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| 10. | The indirect trade with China made up 9 . 5 percent of Taiwan's total foreign trade in the period.
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