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China’s April aluminium imports jump 72.1% year-on-year
China’s April imports of unwrought aluminium and products jumped 72.1% on-year to 380,000 metric tons, customs data showed on Saturday. The data include primary metal and unwrought, alloyed aluminium. That brought imports in the first four months to 1.49 million tons, up 86.6% from the same period a year earlier, according to data from the General Administration of Customs. The world’s biggest consumer of the light metal saw robust consumption as factory output in April exceeded expectations. Aluminium, widely used in construction, transportation and packaging, also saw rapidly growing consumption from China’s ... (full story)