General Administration of Customs: China's imports of iron ore and concentrates from January to August decreased by 1.7% year-on-year to 746 million tons. Imported iron ore in August was 97.492 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 2.86% and a month-on-month increase of 10.15%.
General Administration of Customs: China exported 3639.1 tons of rare earths in August and 3955.4 tons in July.
China's crude oil imports from January to August fell 5.7% year-on-year to 346 million tons.
China's natural gas imports from January to August increased by 22.2% year-on-year to 793.1 million tons.
China's soybean imports from January to August increased 3.6% year-on-year to 67.909 million tons.
The General Administration of Customs: In August, coal and lignite imports were 28.052 million tons; the annual cumulative coal and lignite imports were 19,6788,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 10.3%. Natural gas imports in August were 10.441 million tons; the total annual natural gas imports were 79.306 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 22.2%