COOPER CITY, FL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/18/2006 -- China Direct Trading Corp. (OTCBB: CHDT) today announced that the its Overseas Building Supply (OBS) subsidiary has expanded the marketing and sales channels for imported clay roof tiles to include the following two new regionally focused web sites. The West Coast Roof Tiles (www.westcoastrooftiles.com) and Florida Roof Tiles (www.floridarooftiles.com) web sites were specifically created to provide information and generate sales of the OBS Roof Tiles in the western U.S. and Florida markets, respectively.

Potential customers will now be able to go online, for their area, to find testing procedures, results, and sample information and place orders. Each web site will have up to date information on trade shows and news pertaining to OBS. West Coast Roof Tiles and Florida Roof Tiles teams will also be working together sharing leads and exchanging marketing ideas to further expedite sales throughout the U.S. as well as other countries.

"We are pleased to have representation in the western U.S. states," said Howard Ullman, Chairman and CEO of China Direct. "This will help provide inexpensive marketing on the World Wide Web for OBS Roofing Tiles in our two key, targeted markets," he added.

For information on the roof tiles, including photos and testing results proving their superior strength and physical properties, visit www.chdt.us. To order tiles, or for further information, call Howard Ullman at 954-252-3440 or visit the West Coast Roof Tiles (www.westcoastrooftiles.com) and Florida Roof Tiles (www.floridarooftiles.com) web sites.

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) and Capstone Industries (CI) wwwcapstoneindustries.com are companies engaged in product development, manufacturing, distribution, logistics and product placement into mass retail of souvenir, gift, and book light items. None of the web site URLs listed in this press release are incorporated into or are 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 relies on outside investment to expand its operations. Such financing may not be available on affordable terms or at all in the future to sustain or grow such new operations and such operations may not generate sufficient income to fund operations and growth. Further, the fact that China Direct is establishing new operations is not an indicator of the future success by China Direct or by any such operation. China Direct and such new operations may lack sufficient management and sales personnel and resources to achieve or sustain revenues necessary to the survival of such new operations and each such new operation further strains China Direct's existing, limited management personnel and resources. 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.