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SHANGHAI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - China's Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. (2333.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday its has exported 500 sports utility vehicles (SUV) to Italy, its first batch of shipments to the highly competitive Western European market.
"We hope to sell more there in the future, and hopefully to the U.S. as well," a company executive told Reuters, declining to give detailed targets.
The Hong Kong-listed SUV and pickup maker had picked an Italian trading firm last December as its local partner.
The Hover SUV, which sells for roughly 100,000 yuan ($12,597) in China, was priced at $20,000 in Italy, the executive said.
The company was also looking at other developed markets in Europe such as Spain and Greece, he added.
Great Wall sells to more than 50 countries spanning Africa, the Middle East, South America and Russia.
Exports came to 18,000 units in 2005, accounting for a quarter of its overall sales. The ratio could increase to 35 percent this year and to 50 percent by 2008, a company executive told Reuters earlier. ($1=7.9385 Yuan
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