Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (ACH)

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BEIJING, Jan 13 (Reuters) - China's imports of unwrought copper and
semi-finished copper products fell 5.1 percent on the year to 2.64 million
tonnes in 2008, the General Administration of Customs said on its website on
Tuesday. (www.customs.gov.cn)
Imports surged 32 percent to 286,576 tonnes in December from 217,214
tonnes in November.
The country, the top copper and aluminium consumer in the world, exported
77,422 tonnes of unwrought aluminium in December versus 30,396 tonnes in
November. For 2008, exports rose 54.3 percent on the year to 841,292 tonnes.
(Reporting by Niu Shuping and Tom Miles) Keywords: CHINA TRADE/BASEMETALS
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