China’s copper ore, concentrate imports fell 1.2%YoY in January-February

SHANGHAI, Mar 9 (SMM) – China imported 3.77 million mt of copper ore and concentrate in the first two months of 2020, down 1.2% from the same period last year, according to data from China Customs released on Saturday.

During the same period, China’s imports of unwrought copper and copper products increased 7.2% year on year to 846,106.8 mt.

In the full year of 2019, China’s copper ore and concentrate imports expanded 11.6% year on year to 21.99 million mt, while imports of unwrought copper and copper products shrank 6% to 4.98 million mt, according to customs data released in January.