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China commodity trade: cutting through the noise

China’s imports of key industrial commodities point to ongoing strength in domestic demand. But the bigger picture is that import volumes remain well below last year’s peaks, and we expect growth in China’s commodity demand to slow further this year as policy support is gradually withdrawn.

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