Shanghai, August 19: China is the world's major consumer of copper and aluminum. Changes in its consumption have a greater influence on the spot and futures markets of copper and aluminum in the world. The following is the monthly copper and aluminum of China since 2005. Production, imports and exports and apparent consumption data (units/tons): July June May April March February January Refined copper production 205,269 212,400 222,000 194,700 187,100 186,300 173,700 Net imports 109,559 142,443 117,935 96,562 100,710 105,528 110,810 Apparent consumption 314,828 354,843 339,935 291,262 287,810 291,828 284,510 -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ Output of primary aluminum 626,250 601,100 599,200 574,900 568,400 557,000 531,600 Net exports 50,018 77,769 114,486 55,443 114,49 43,255 91,205 Apparent consumption 576,232 523,331 484,714 519,457 453,906 513,745 440,395 ------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ---- Alumina production 727,548 680,000 701,300 653,900 682,700 593,600 634,500 Net imports 530,000 660,000 520,783 775,080 590,466 711,397 431,978 Apparent consumption Expenses 1.258 million 1.34 million 12.22 million 1.429 million 1.237 million 1.305 million 1.066 million Note: 1. The apparent consumption in this table refers to the output plus net imports or net exports minus 2. The data comes from the General Administration of Customs of China; the production data comes from the monthly data of the National Bureau of Statistics of China. 3. If the National Bureau of Statistics revise the data released last month, Reuters will also update it.
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