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May 10 – China's soybean imports were up 22.3% year on year to 18.15 million tons in the first four months of 2012, according to customs figures.
http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab400/module15677/info367772.htm
May 10 – China's iron ore imports were up 6.5% year on year to 244.6 million tons in the first four months of 2012, according to customs figures.
http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab400/module15677/info367772.htm
May 10 – China's crude oil imports were up 9.3% year on year to 92.87 million tons in the first four months of 2012, according to customs figures.
http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab400/module15677/info367772.htm
May 10 – China's copper imports were up 48.8% year on year to 1.74 million tons in the first four months of 2012, according to customs figures.
http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab400/module15677/info367772.htm
May 10 – China's aluminum imports were up 34.9% year on year to 433,032 tons in the first four months of 2012, according to customs figures.
http://www.customs.gov.cn/publish/portal0/tab400/module15677/info367772.htm
May 8 – China's demand for natural gas is to double the current level by 2013, according to Liu Tienan, the head of the National Energy Administration. The country consumed 131.3 billion m3 of natural gas in 2011.
http://company.cnstock.com/industry/top/201205/1999010.htm
May 8 – Mainland China's gold imports from Hong Kong surged more than sixfold in Q1 2012, adding to signs that the country may displace India as the world's largest gold consumer, Bloomberg reported. Imports from Hong Kong were 135,529kg between January and March, up from 19,729kg in Q1 2011, according to the Hong Kong government.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-08/china-s-gold-imports-advance-as-country-may-become-biggest-user.html
May 4 – The pork/feed price ratio has remained below the breakeven point of 6 in China for three straight months as corn prices continued to rise, the National Development and Reform Commission said. Pork prices averaged ¥14.52/kg nationwide on April 25.
http://www.yicai.com/news/2012/05/1693375.html
April 30 – China bought nearly one million tons of US cotton over the past seven months, keeping prices afloat on the global market, the Wall Street Journal reported. Analysts say the buying spree is not over, citing the country's needs of millions of tons of cotton to feed its mills, which produce 40% of the world's cotton goods. Global cotton prices are cheaper in China.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303990604577370442448361770.html
April 27 – The average price of iron ore shipped to China has fallen to $148/ton as demand for steel was subdued amid slack manufacturing and real estate sectors, according to Metal Bulletin.
http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20120427/BCHc-030086.asp
$1 = ¥6.3
@2011 China Economy @ The China Perspective.
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