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China's import of aluminum products in August 2008 
(www.chinamining.org)
Updated:
2008-10-24 09:35
Counter:
China imported 49,595 tons of aluminum products valued at 270.072 million US dollars in August 2008. The import in January-August reached 438,749 tons valued at 2,299.831 million US dollars, down 4.3 percent and up 6.6 percent respectively year on year.
Following is a table showing the import from 2004 to August 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 |
610,636 |
14.9 |
1,944.157 |
30.4 |
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2005 |
647,589 |
6.1 |
2,251.015 |
15.8 |
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2006 |
686,124 |
6.0 |
2,782.184 |
23.6 |
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2007 |
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January |
63,102 |
17.6 |
259.113 |
37.4 |
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February |
106,450 |
4.5 |
448.482 |
21.9 |
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March |
164,571 |
2.0 |
712.332 |
19.0 |
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April |
223,474 |
1.5 |
983.916 |
18.2 |
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May |
282,070 |
3.1 |
1,247.301 |
19.0 |
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June |
340,803 |
3.3 |
1,513.610 |
17.7 |
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July |
402,177 |
4.1 |
1,808.582 |
19.3 |
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August |
460,919 |
2.9 |
2,090.610 |
17.8 |
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September |
516,968 |
1.1 |
2,359.798 |
15.6 |
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October |
573,024 |
2.1 |
2,629.078 |
16.5 |
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November |
633,655 |
1.5 |
2,921.666 |
15.8 |
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December |
689,944 |
0.6 |
3,184.735 |
14.5 |
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2008 |
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January |
55,998 |
-11.3 |
258.452 |
-0.3 |
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February |
106,572 |
0.1 |
494.485 |
10.3 |
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March |
165,096 |
0.3 |
780.362 |
9.5 |
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April |
222,714 |
-0.3 |
1,074.494 |
9.1 |
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May |
280,156 |
-0.7 |
1,376.146 |
10.3 |
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June |
332,115 |
-2.5 |
1,652.059 |
9.1 |
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July |
389,133 |
-3.2 |
1,959.606 |
8.3 |
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August |
438,749 |
-4.3 |
2,229.831 |
6.6 |
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