China Aug aluminium exports fall to 626,000 tonnes, customs data shows

China’s exports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products fell to 626,000 metric tons in August from 643,000 tons in July, official customs data showed on Tuesday.

Exports in the first eight months of the year rose 16.7% from a year earlier to 4.67 million tons.

China’s imports of unwrought copper and copper products fell to 382,000 tons in August from 425,000 tons in July.

Imports of unwrought copper and copper products totalled 3.30 million tons in January-August, down 6.7% from a year earlier.

Copper concentrate imports fell to 19.49 million tons in the first eight months from 20.06 million tons a year earlier.