SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – Operating rates in China's copper tube/pipe industry inched up 0.06 percentage points on a yearly basis, but dropped 17.3 percentage points on a monthly basis to stand at 67.6% in February, an SMM survey found.

The rate is expected to rise 2.25 percentage points, from March 2017, to stand at 89.1% in March 2018.

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