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July 27 – China's petroleum demand shrank 1.9% year on year to 36.84 million tons (nine million barrels per day) in June, marking the first monthly decline in three years, according to Platts, a leading provider of energy, petrochemicals and metals information.
http://www.cs.com.cn/xwzx/cj/201207/t20120727_3428020.html
July 24 – China's rare earth exports slid 42.7% year on year to 4,908 tons in 1H 2012 as the government tries to better regulate the industry and push up prices, the Ministry of Commerce said.
http://finance.qq.com/a/20120724/001360.htm
July 23 – China's copper concentrate imports totaled 250,097 tons in June and 1.88 million tons in 1H 2012, up 40% and 73.6% respectively from the same periods a year ago, according to customs figures.
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20120723/BCHc-001053.asp
July 23 – China's soybean imports totaled 5.62 million tons in June and 29.05 million tons in 1H 2012, up 31% and 22.5% respectively from the same periods a year ago, according to customs figures.
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20120723/BCHc-001049.asp
July 23 – China's cotton imports totaled 475,964 tons in June and 3.05 million tons in 1H 2012, up from 119,997 tons and 1.33 million tons respectively from the same periods a year ago, according to customs figures.
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20120723/BCHc-001063.asp
July 23 – Prices of copper, electrolytic aluminum and zinc futures in Shanghai averaged ¥55,423, ¥15,960 and ¥14,772 respectively per ton in June, down 18.7%, 4.9% and 12.6% respectively year on year and down 3.8%, 0.5% and 3.3% respectively month on month, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
http://www.cnstock.com/roll/201207/2159211.htm
July 23 – China's copper output was up 10.3% year on year and zinc output was down 6.2% in 1H 2012, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
http://www.cnstock.com/roll/201207/2159211.htm
July 23 – China's crude steel output was up 1.8% year on year to 357.2 million tons in 1H 2012, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The growth rate was 7.8 percentage points slower than in 1H 2011.
http://www.cnstock.com/roll/201207/2159201.htm
July 23 – China imported 380,000 tons of sugar in June, the highest level this year, according to customs figures. In 1H 2012, sugar imports soared 300% year on year to 1.44 million tons.
http://www.yicai.com/news/2012/07/1922597.html
July 23 – As many as 80% of polysilicon producers in China have suspended production after the nation's polysilicon imports rose at much lower prices, according to GT Solar Inc, a Merrimack, New Hampshire-based polysilicon producer. Between January and May, China imported 12.1% more polysilicon from South Korea at a 62.3% cheaper price and imported 94.5% more from the US at a 67.1% cheaper price.
http://finance.qq.com/a/20120723/000938.htm
$1 = ¥6.33
@2011 China Economy @ The China Perspective.
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