SHANGHAI, Aug 30 (SMM) – Copper stocks across Shanghai bonded areas this week continued their slide that began from May, showed an SMM survey.
Stocks shrank 7,500 mt from a week ago and 244,000 mt from April 26, to stand at 344,000 mt as of Friday August 30. This marked the seventeenth consecutive week of decline.

![China Copper Social Inventory Continues Destocking, Regional Trends Diverge Significantly [SMM Weekly Data]](https://imgqn.smm.cn/usercenter/YIaMU20251217171711.jpg)

