China has overtaken Germany as the world's biggest producer of electrical products, said a report released by one of the key German research institutes on Wednesday.

Preliminary data showed that China's exports in electrical products were valued at US$78 billion, edging aside Germany with US$64 billion in export sales, said a report by the Cologne-based Federal Agency of Foreign Economy (BFAI) on Wednesday. The United States ranks the third, it said.

As China's best sellers in the sector remain electrical cells and power tools, the Chinese were seeking to expand sales in electrical equipment for medical purposes, said the report.

The sales of home appliances are also very impressive, it said. In 2005, the sales of home appliances amounted to US$13 billion with most of exports to Japan, the United States, and Europe, according to the report.

(Xinhua News Agency January 18, 2007)