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Home / Metal News / China Copper Ore, Concentrate Imports Leap 34.6% Jan.-Aug.

China Copper Ore, Concentrate Imports Leap 34.6% Jan.-Aug.

Sep 9, 2016 10:55

Source:SMM

China Customs said imports of copper ore and concentrate were 10.86 million tonnes during the first eight months of this year.

SHANGHAI, Sep. 9 (SMM) - China Customs said imports of copper ore and concentrate were 10.86 million tonnes during the first eight months of this year, a rise of 34.6% year-on-year, wenhua.com reports.

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Imports of copper ore and concentrate were 1.45 million tonnes in August, up 5.1% from July, and 26.1% year-on-year.

Meanwhile, copper imports in August fell 2.8% month-on-month, but remained flat on a year-on-year basis.

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China imported a combined 325,500 mt of copper cathode (unwrought copper cathodes and unwrought other copper cathodes with Cu> 99.9935%) in November 2021, up 22.83% on the month but down 2.42% on the year, according to the General Administration of Customs. Year-to-date imports through November totalled around 3.04 million mt, a decrease of 27.85% on the year.

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