China’s imports of copper scrap in Mar down 38.5% on the year

Published: Apr 23, 2018 16:00

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China's imports of copper scrap in March shrank 38.5% on the year, according to data from China Customs. This brought the overall copper scrap imports for the first quarter of the year down almost 40%

SHANGHAI, Apr 23 (SMM) – China's imports of copper scrap in March shrank 38.5% on the year, according to data from China Customs. This brought the overall copper scrap imports for the first quarter of the year down almost 40%.

With the Chinese New Year holiday in February, copper scrap imports for March grew 69.5% month on month.

Imports of metal scrap in March fell 24.6% on the year and registered at 570,000 mt.

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