SHANGHAI, Jul 21, 2010 (Dow Jones Commodities News Select via Comtex) -- China's copper concentrate imports in June declined 16% from a year earlier to 550,475 metric tons, the General Administration of Customs said Wednesday.

The country's imports of copper concentrate rose by 15% from May, when 478,977 tons were imported.

During the January-June period, the world's largest copper consumer brought in 3.34 million tons of copper concentrate, up 8.2% from a year earlier.