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China's copper and aluminum consumption For Jan-Mar 2008
| Figures in thousands tons |
Mar 2008 |
Feb |
Jan |
Dec 2007 |
Nov |
Oct |
Sep |
Aug |
Jul |
Jun |
May |
Apr |
Mar |
| Refined Copper |
306.3 |
257.5 |
260.3 |
302.4 |
334 |
357.7 |
307.2 |
311.6 |
287.9 |
287 |
277.6 |
273.7 |
220 |
| Net import |
115 |
136 |
127.8 |
104.5 |
87.1 |
89 |
97.8 |
66.2 |
72.1 |
92.5 |
100 |
181.9 |
199.9 |
| Apparent consumption |
421.3 |
393.5 |
388.1 |
406.9 |
421.1 |
446.7 |
405 |
377.8 |
360 |
379.5 |
377.6 |
455.6 |
419.9 |
| Primary Aluminium |
1076.6 |
998.1 |
1042.1 |
1138.4 |
1131.5 |
1120.3 |
1103.7 |
1078.2 |
1033.9 |
976.6 |
955.4 |
974.1 |
963 |
| Net export |
3.2 |
-10.3 |
-8.9 |
-1.4 |
-5.6 |
-5.4 |
5.2 |
13 |
5.8 |
8.9 |
8.6 |
11.8 |
-23.6 |
| Apparent consumption |
1073.4 |
1008.4 |
1051 |
1139.8 |
1137.1 |
1125.7 |
1098.5 |
1065.2 |
1028.1 |
967.7 |
946.8 |
962.3 |
986.6 |
| Alumina |
2048 |
1642.1 |
1599.7 |
1695.8 |
1669.3 |
1718.4 |
1691 |
1737.1 |
1635.5 |
1616.7 |
1586.5 |
1724.9 |
1658.2 |
| Net import |
194.7 |
294.8 |
658.1 |
328.6 |
373.4 |
466.4 |
446 |
397.3 |
440.1 |
334 |
266.9 |
583 |
350.7 |
| Apparent consumption |
2242.7 |
1936.9 |
2257.8 |
2024.4 |
2042.7 |
2184.8 |
2137 |
2134.4 |
2075.6 |
1950.7 |
1853.4 |
2307.9 |
2008.9 |
Note: Apparent consumption means the production plus net import volumes or minus Net export volumes.
Import and export data comes from General Administration of China Customs;the productions comes from National Bureau Of Statistics of China. |