China imported 152,742 tons of unforged copper and copper alloy valued at 1,173.720 million US dollars in March 2008. The import in January-March reached 469,018 tons valued at 3,386.422 million US dollars, down 13.3 percent and up 3.5 percent respectively year on year.
Following is a table showing the import from 2004 to March 2008, released by the General Administration of Customs:
Cumulative Change y-o- Cumulative Change y-o-
Quantity ( y (%) Value ( y (%)
tons) million US
dollars)
2004 1,381,112 -11.6 3,812.545 35.3
2005 1,415,029 2.5 4,949.672 29.8
2006 969,349 -31.5 6,056.037 22.3
2007
January 147,650 69.7 928.056 145.3
February 321,743 112.9 1,961.784 193.2
March 541,103 122.8 3,265.116 194.3
April 746,155 130.6 4,616.194 205.2
May 876,099 130.1 5,583.841 197.9
June 998,077 117.9 6,500.445 166.8
July 1,114,675 110.6 7,378.721 151.1
August 1,219,504 96.4 8,168.812 126.2
September 1,343,268 91.3 9,089.898 116.9
October 1,460,330 87.4 9,987.745 110.5
November 1,592,957 85.6 10,994.787 107.2
December 1,726,199 78.1 11,929.129 97.1
2008
January 158,073 7.1 1,089.672 17.5
February 316,276 -1.7 2.210.676 12.7
March 469,018 -13.3 3.386.422 3.5
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