SHANGHAI, Jan 24 (SMM) – China exported 530,000 mt of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products in December, up 20.1% from December 2017, showed China Customs data released on Wednesday January 23.
This pulled up overall exports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products in 2018 by 20.9% on the year, to 5.8 million mt.
The export value for December stood at 9.95 billion yuan, up 16.7% from a year earlier.
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