China copper concentrate imports rebounded 23% in Oct

Published: Nov 8, 2019 13:49

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This came after two consecutive months of declines

SHANGHAI, Nov 8 (SMM) – China’s imports of copper concentrate expanded 23% from a month ago to 1.91 million mt in October, after two consecutive months of declines, showed data from the General Administration of Customs on Friday November 8.

On a year-over-year basis, copper concentrate imports grew 22% last month.

For the first 10 months of 2019, China’s imports of copper concentrate totaled 17.92 million mt, up 8.3% from the same period last year.

Customs data also showed that China’s imports of unwrought copper and copper products fell 3.15% from September to 431,000 mt in October.

This brought imports of unwrought copper and copper products in January-October to 3.97 million mt, down 10% year on year.

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