China imported 25.6% more copper in September than a year earlier, data from the General Administration of Customs showed on Monday.
Unwrought copper and copper product imports into China – including anode, refined, alloy and semi-finished copper products – totalled 509,954.1 tonnes in September.
September’s copper imports were up 2.4% from the previous month’s 498,188.60 tonnes.
China exported 495,981 tonnes of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products, including primary, alloy and semi-finished aluminium products, in September.