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China’s May aluminium imports surge 61% on year

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BEIJING: China’s aluminium imports jumped 61.1% in May from a year earlier to 310,000 metric tons, customs data showed on Tuesday.

The data are for unwrought aluminium and products which include primary metal and unwrought, alloyed aluminium.

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That brought China’s imports of the light metal to 1.8 million tons for the first five months this year, 81.7% higher compared to the same period last year.