SHANGHAI: China’s imports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products in March fell 10.6% year-on-year to 340,000 metric tons, customs data showed on Friday.
Imports for the first three months of 2025 totalled 950,000 tons, down 14% from a year earlier, according to data from the General Administration of Customs.
The data includes primary metal and unwrought, alloyed aluminium.
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March imports of bauxite, a key raw material for aluminium, rose 39.1% year-on-year to 1.64 million tons.
Bauxite imports were up 29.9% year-on-year at 4.7 million tons in the first quarter of this year.
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