China Aug aluminium exports fall to 626,000 tonnes, customs data shows

Business Recorder reported that China's aluminium exports slipped in August, with unwrought aluminium and aluminium product shipments totalling 626,000 metric tons. That was lower than the 643,000 tons logged in July, based on official customs data released on Tuesday.

Year-to-date, aluminium exports climbed 16.7% compared with the same period last year, reaching 4.67 million tons. Copper inflows went in the opposite direction, as August arrivals of unwrought copper and copper product dropped to 382,000 tons from 425,000 tons in July.

Imports of copper concentrate, meanwhile, stood at 19.49 million tons for January to August, against 20.06 million tons in the same stretch last year. Taken together, the figures show aluminium shipments rising through the first eight months while copper intake weakened. The report does not name any listed company.