GACC: China's Oct aluminum scrap imports up 2% MoM, 19% YoY

China imported 158,360 tonnes of aluminum scrap in October, rebounding by 1.9% from September and surging 19% compared to the same month last year, according to the latest data released by the country's General Administration of Customs (GACC). This brought the cumulative import volume during the first ten months of this year to 1.7 million tonnes, higher by 11.7% on year.

Last month, Thailand held its position as the top aluminum scrap supplier to China, with shipments jumping 16.5% on year to 26,708 tonnes, accounting for 16.9% of China's total imports, but the volume slumped by 33.6% from the previous month. It's worth noting that aluminum scrap imported from the UK