SHANGHAI, Sep 10 (SMM) – China's imports of unwrought copper and copper semis in August declined 6.7% from July to stand at 420,000 mt, showed China Customs data.
However, imports from January to August grew 15.3% on a yearly basis and totalled 3.47 million mt.
Separately, exports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium semis stood at 517,000 mt, compared to 519,000 mt in July.
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