China 2008 copper imports fall 5.1 pct on year

China's imports of unwrought copper and semi-finished copper products fell 5.1 percent on the year to 2.64 million tonnes in 2008, the General Administration of Customs said on its website on Tuesday. (www.customs.gov.cn)

Imports surged 32 percent to 286,576 tonnes in December from 217,214 tonnes in November.

The country, the top copper and aluminium consumer in the world, exported 77,422 tonnes of unwrought aluminium in December versus 30,396 tonnes in November. For 2008, exports rose 54.3 percent on the year to 841,292 tonnes.

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