SHANGHAI, Aug 23 (SMM) – Copper stocks across Shanghai bonded areas this week continued their slide that began since May, showed an SMM survey.
Stocks shrank 9,000 mt from a week ago and 236,500 mt from April 26, to stand at 351,500 mt as of Friday August 23.

![China Copper Social Inventory Continues Destocking, Regional Trends Diverge Significantly [SMM Weekly Data]](https://imgqn.smm.cn/usercenter/YIaMU20251217171711.jpg)

