Reuters reported that China's copper imports rose 47% from a year earlier to 2.502 million tonnes in the H1 while aluminium imports increased 33.3% to 614,000 tonnes.

Customs data showed that the figures indicate imports of copper anode, refined metal, alloy and semi finished copper products stood at about 346,000 tonnes in June which would be about 17% lower than 419,741 tonnes recorded in May.

Source - Reuters

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