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China’s commodity imports end 2017 with a slump

China’s commodity imports dropped in December, coming off strong growth in November. But volumes remained healthy for 2017 as a whole. We expect imports to fall back as growth in China’s economy slows, which should weigh on industrial commodities prices.

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