General Administration of Customs: China’s metal import volume in August 2023

Product name

Unit

8月

±% compared with the same period last year

1-8Monthly cumulative

Cumulative year-on-year ±%

Metals and mineral sands

Ten thousand tons

13,198

11.9%

96,087

8.4%

Copper ore and its concentrate

Ten thousand tons

270

19.9%

1,810

9.0%

Aluminum ore and its concentrate

Ten thousand tons

1,163

9.0%

9,662

11.8%

Unwrought copper and copper materials

ton

473,330

-5.0%

3,512,654

-10.0%

Unwrought aluminum and aluminum materials

ton

278,658

38.9%

1,710,556

15.8%