StockMarketNewsAlert.com Issues Updated Trade Alert for China Direct Trading Corporation


POMPANO BEACH, Fla., July 17, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- StockMarketNewsAlert.com issues trade alert for China Direct Trading Corporation (OTCBB:CHDT). According to M. D'Alonzo at First Equity Group Inc., recent news flow from the company has been very positive, "The company announced that its subsidiary, Overseas Building Supply received a Notice of Proposed Action from the Dade County Product Control Division, which governs the product review process in Dade and Broward Counties, Florida. The Notice, dated June 30th, is a 20-day approval notice for OBS' clay double roll roofing tile No. 06-0407.05. This grants OBS the exclusive right to import and sell these clay roof tiles."

Subject to no objections from the Board of Rules and Appeals, OBS will start taking orders from roofers, tile distributors, home owners, and retailers on July 20th for Goods starting to leave on August 15th and the first delivery in the U.S. on September 10th. For information on roof tiles contact Howard Ullman at 954-252-3440.

OBS has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with a China Ceramic Tile factory. The factory has been in operation since 1986 producing high quality roofing and floor tiles with 15% of its annual production going to export. The factory has 90 new machines imported from Spain and Italy producing a Chinese brand known as Minnan. The ISO9001 rated factory has 1,256 workers in a 200,000 square meter facility. Total annual production capacity is twenty million tiles. The factory can expand its production facility if and when demand dictates.

About China Direct:

China Direct (www.chdt.us) is a holding company engaged through its operating subsidiaries in the following business lines: Overseas Building Supply (OBS) is engaged in manufacturing, distribution and logistics of building materials including but not limited to generators, roof tiles, interior doors, and insulation materials. CPS (www.completepower247.com) is a majority-owned subsidiary engaged in turnkey solutions for standby commercial and residential power generation. Souvenir Direct Inc. (SDI) is engaged in product development, manufacturing, distribution, logistics and product placement into mass retail of souvenir and gift items in 29 countries. None of the web site URLs listed in this press release is incorporated into or is part of this press release.

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release, including any financial information and projections, contain "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on China Direct's and its subsidiaries' managements' current expectations and assumptions, and involve risks and uncertainties. Such expectations and assumptions may prove to be faulty or incorrect and actual results may differ significantly, materially from those anticipated results set forth in such statements. Current revenues and revenue growth is not a reliable indicator of future financial results and should not be relied upon by investors as such an indicator. China Direct and CPS undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Forward-looking statements in this press release and risks associated with any investment in China Direct, which is a "penny stock" company (and as such is deemed a "highly risky investment") should be evaluated together with the many uncertainties that affect our business, particularly those stated in the cautionary statements and risk factors in current and future China Direct SEC Filings, which statements we hereby incorporate by reference herein.

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