지난주 중국의 대지진으로 인한 경제적 손실이 남부 쓰촨성에서만 최고 1백억 달러에 이를 수 있다고 중국 당국이 밝혔습니다.
중국 산업정보부는 이번 지진으로 쓰촨 성의 1만4천개의 기업이 피해를 입었으며 이로 인한 경제적 손실이96억 달러에 이르는 것으로 추정된다고 밝혔습니다.
한편 중국 경제 전체의 손실 규모는 2백억 달러에 달하는 것으로 추정되고 있습니다.
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Chinese officials say direct economic losses from last week's earthquake could be as high as 10 billion dollars in Sichuan province alone.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information says (today/Monday) the earthquake affected more than 14-thousand companies in Sichuan, and it projects their economic losses at nine-point-six billion dollars.
Independent estimates say China's overall economic losses from the quake could reach 20 billion dollars.
Chinese officials say the earthquake destroyed more than 30-thousand hectares of grains and vegetables in Sichuan, the hardest hit area. The government is closely watching food prices, but does not expect damage from the quake to affect the cost of food nationwide.
Sichuan province produces six percent of China's grain and is an important region for rice, wheat, corn and other crops.