China’s imports of commodities in February were strong, especially in volume terms, but this may have been distorted upwards by the relatively early timing of the Lunar New Year holidays and by precautionary stockpiling against the risk of further price rises (particularly for oil). The weakness of the activity data released in recent days also suggests that the February strength is unsustainable.
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