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China's import of unforged copper and copper alloy in May 2008 
(www.chinamining.org)
Updated:
2008-08-04 16:18
Counter:
China imported 110,966 tons of unforged copper and copper alloy valued at 929.422 million US dollars in May 2008. The import in January-May reached 726,422 tons valued at 5,528.052 million US dollars, down 17.0 percent and 1.4 percent respectively year on year.
Following is a table showing the import from 2004 to May 2008, released by the General Administration of Customs:
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Cumulative Quantity (tons) |
Change y-o-y (%) |
Cumulative Value (million US dollars) |
Change y-o-y (%) |
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2004 |
1,381,112 |
-11.6 |
3,812.545 |
35.3 |
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2005 |
1,415,029 |
2.5 |
4,949.672 |
29.8 |
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2006 |
969,349 |
-31.5 |
6,056.037 |
22.3 |
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2007 |
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January |
147,650 |
69.7 |
928.056 |
145.3 |
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February |
321,743 |
112.9 |
1,961.784 |
193.2 |
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March |
541,103 |
122.8 |
3,265.116 |
194.3 |
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April |
746,155 |
130.6 |
4,616.194 |
205.2 |
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May |
876,099 |
130.1 |
5,583.841 |
197.9 |
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June |
998,077 |
117.9 |
6,500.445 |
166.8 |
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July |
1,114,675 |
110.6 |
7,378.721 |
151.1 |
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August |
1,219,504 |
96.4 |
8,168.812 |
126.2 |
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September |
1,343,268 |
91.3 |
9,089.898 |
116.9 |
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October |
1,460,330 |
87.4 |
9,987.745 |
110.5 |
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November |
1,592,957 |
85.6 |
10,994.787 |
107.2 |
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December |
1,726,199 |
78.1 |
11,929.129 |
97.1 |
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2008 |
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January |
158,073 |
7.1 |
1,089.672 |
17.5 |
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February |
316,276 |
-1.7 |
2.210.676 |
12.7 |
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March |
469,018 |
-13.3 |
3,386.422 |
3.5 |
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April |
615,475 |
-17.4 |
4,589.544 |
-1.1 |
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May |
726,422 |
-17.0 |
5,528.052 |
-1.4 |
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