In January, China’s copper scrap imports fell 11.5% year-on-year and alumina imports increased 5.4% year-on-year.

Data released by the General Administration of Customs on Saturday showed that China’s imports of scrap metals fell 32.7% to 330,000 tons in January from a year earlier.

Among them, the import of copper scrap decreased by 11.5% to 180,000 tons, and the import of aluminium scrap decreased by 34.4% to 120,000 tons.

In January, the import of alumina increased by 5.4% to 80,000 tons, while the export of alumina increased by 142,864 tons.