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The devil is in the detail of Chinese trade

China’s detailed trade data for April paint a broadly positive picture of industrial metals demand. Meanwhile, the export surge associated with the Qingdao port scandal, as stocks were moved into more visible locations, appears to have largely run its course. 

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