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China’s opportunistic buying has run its course

China’s commodity import volumes surged in June, while exports remained in the doldrums. We expect this trend to partially reverse in the coming months as higher commodity prices will curb bargain-hunting purchases and a further pick-up in economic activity elsewhere should give a lift to commodity exports.

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