China's import of copper ore in February 2008 
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2008-05-05 10:27
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China imported 440,000 tons of copper ore valued at 875.945 million US dollars in February 2008. The import in January-February reached 950,000 tons valued at 1,924.490 million US dollars, up 32.0 percent and 46.9 percent respectively year on year.
Following is a table showing the import from 2004 to February 2008, released by the General Administration of Customs:
Cumulative Change y-o- Cumulative Change y-o-
Quantity ( y (%) Value ( y (%)
1,000 tons) million US
dollars)
2004 2,880 8.0 2,238.422 73.3
2005 4,060 41.4 3,706.722 66.4
December 3,610 -11.0 6,117.248 64.4
2007
January 330 11.4 601.847 69.1
February 720 23.1 1,308.980 81.2
March 1,040 16.0 1,837.799 64.2
April 1,520 24.6 2,596.172 63.8
May 1,890 26.8 3,231.810 60.4
June 2,270 26.6 4,028.319 56.3
July 2,640 27.4 4,813.918 53.5
August 3,190 35.9 6,008.556 63.2
September 3,460 26.8 6,568.052 48.7
October 3,750 29.0 7,142.542 50.6
November 4,130 27.4 7,993.528 47.7
December 4,520 25.0 8,816.441 44.2
2008
January 510 54.3 1,048.716 77.8
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