The figures for the month pushed the seven-month total to 6.410 million tons valued at about $1.4 billion. 1,406.243 million, a 108 percent jump from figures the same time last year.
According to the government agency, imports of copper scrap from the United States to China reached 339,457 tons for the month of July. The value for the shipments were $192 million. The shipment total was a 12 percent increase from figures the same time last year.
For the first seven months shipments stand at 2.075 million tons with a value of $1.22 billion, an increase of slightly less than 70 percent from Jan.-July of last year.
Aluminum scrap shipments from the United States to China also posted a significant increase. For the month shipments stand at 102,000 tons with a value of $84 million. The shipment total was an increase of 40 percent from last July’s import total.
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