{"id":956,"date":"2025-05-12T11:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.olagoo.com\/?p=956"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:23:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:23:29","slug":"%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd4%e6%9c%88%e9%93%9c%e7%9f%bf%e7%a0%82%e5%8f%8a%e5%85%b6%e7%b2%be%e7%9f%bf%e8%bf%9b%e5%8f%a3%e9%87%8f%e5%90%8c%e6%af%94%e5%a2%9e24%ef%bc%8c%e5%8e%9f%e6%b2%b9%e8%bf%9b%e5%8f%a3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olagoo.com\/en\/archives\/2025\/956","title":{"rendered":"China's imports of copper ore and concentrates in April increased by 24% year-on-year, crude oil imports increased by 7%, and soybean imports decreased by 29%."},"content":{"rendered":"

Data released today by the General Administration of Customs showed that in April, China's imports fell 0.2% year-on-year in US dollar terms, narrowing from a 4.3% drop in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Import and Export Total Value Table of April 2025<\/td><\/tr>
Item<\/td>April (USD 100 million)<\/td>April (USD 100 million)<\/td>Month-on-Month Change (%)<\/td>Year-on-Year Change (%)<\/td>Cumulative January\u2013April Year-on-Year Change (%)<\/td><\/tr>
Total Import and Export Value<\/td>5352.0<\/td>19693.7<\/td>2.0<\/td>4.6<\/td>1.3<\/td><\/tr>
Total Export Value<\/td>3156.9<\/td>11690.6<\/td>0.6<\/td>8.1<\/td>6.4<\/td><\/tr>
Import-Export Balance<\/td>2195.1<\/td>8003.1<\/td>3.9<\/td>-0.2<\/td>-5.2<\/td><\/tr>
Import-Export Balance<\/td>961.8<\/td>3687.6<\/td>\"-\" indicates exports are less than imports; otherwise, exports are greater than imports.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Among bulk commodities, imports of copper ore and its concentrates, integrated circuits, etc. increased significantly, soybean imports fell significantly year-on-year. In addition, imports of energy products such as crude oil and refined oil fell at the forefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of quantity, copper ore and concentrates grew fastest in April, reaching 24.53% year-on-year, and integrated circuit imports grew 7.56% year-on-year. In addition, crude oil imports grew 7.45% year-on-year in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, imports of soybeans, refined oil and steel fell significantly year-on-year, by 29.06%, 37.15% and 20.67% respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first four months of this year, the year-on-year growth rates of integrated circuits, copper ore and its concentrates, and crude oil were 8%, 7.8% and 0.5%, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Compared with the previous period,Soybean imports in April increased by 72.59% month-on-month<\/strong>, reaching 6.081 million tons. Imports of copper ore and its concentrates increased by 22.14% month-on-month in April to 2.924 million tons, and refined oil increased by 16.84% month-on-month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of value, imports of copper ore and concentrate, integrated circuits and copper materials increased by 50.42%, 12.23% and 7.76% year-on-year in April, respectively. Imports of soybeans, refined oil and coal fell by 37.78%, 38.57% and 38.4% year-on-year, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first four months of this year, copper ore and its concentrates, integrated circuits and copper materials increased by 13.1%, 6.5% and 4.3% year-on-year respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared with the previous period,Soybean imports in April increased by 67.31% month-on-month<\/strong>To 119.35 billion yuan, imports of copper ore and its concentrates and iron ore and its concentrates increased by 33.83% and 9.26% month-on-month respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Import volume and price of major commodities fell in the first four months<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In the first four months of this year, except for integrated circuits, copper ore and its concentrate, most major commodity imports showed a decline in both volume and price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the first four months, my country imported 388 million tons of iron ore, a decrease of 5.5%, and the average import price (the same below) was 710.4 yuan per ton, a decrease of 17.8%;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crude oil was 183 million tons, up 0.5%, 3,936.7 yuan per ton, down 8%;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coal: 153 million tons, down 5.3%, 569.6 yuan per ton, down 22.2%;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natural gas was 38.994 million tons, down 9.2%, 3,318.3 yuan per ton, down 6.1%;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soybeans: 23.19 million tons, down 14.6%, 3,283.2 yuan per ton, down 15%;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finished oil products: 12.922 million tons, down 25.6%, 4,381.8 yuan per ton, up 1.6%;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unwrought copper and copper products were 1.742 million tons, down 3.9%, and 69,000 yuan per ton, up 8.5%.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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