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To: LoneClone who wrote (31328)	1/16/2009 4:28:24 PM
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China Dec Copper Concentrate Imports Up 19.3% At 460,000 Tons Thu, Jan 15 2009, 02:38 GMT fxstreet.com China Dec Copper Concentrate Imports Up 19.3% At 460,000 Tons BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China imported 460,000 metric tons of copper concentrate in December, preliminary data provided by the customs department showed Thursday. Total imports in the full year of 2008 rose 14.7% on year to 5.19 million tons, it said. December copper concentrate imports rose 19.3% on year and 12.5% on month. In 2007, December copper concentrate imports rose just 4.4% on year. The bounce in December reflects a tight supply situation in the domestic copper market, analysts say. Spot copper premiums had also been widening over London prices from late November through December, fueling what analysts said was a surge of arbitrage-driven imports that did not reflect a revival in demand fundamentals. -By Chuin-Wei Yap, Dow Jones Newswires; 8610 6588 5848; chuin-wei.yap@dowjones.com Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: djnewsplus.com. You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day. (END) Dow Jones Newswires January 14, 2009 21:38 ET (02:38 GMT)