MARKET WATCH.

The article offers economic and market-related news briefs in China, as of March 2010. The U.S. Commerce Department plans to impose initial countervailing duties on Chinese potassium phosphate salt and coated paper exports to the U.S. The World Luxury Association reported that China's wealthy population accounted for 27.5% of the total purchased luxury goods worldwide valued at 9.4 billion dollars as of end 2009. China's coal imports rose by 438.3% to 16.078 million tons in January 2010 from January 2009.