[November 23, 2009] China's import of wire and cable in September 2009 Tweet BEIJING, Nov 23, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- China imported 27,866 tons of wire and cable valued at 343.110 million US dollars in September 2009. The import in January-September reached 201,031 tons valued at 2,614.475 million US dollars, down 23.5 percent and 22.7 percent respectively year on year. Following is a table showing the import from 2004 to September 2009, released by the General Administration of Customs: Cumulative Quantity (tons) Change y-o-y (%) Cumulative Value (million US dollars) Change y-o-y (%) 2004 354,756 13.6 2,374.942 29.9 2005 354,265 -0.1 2,754.089 16.0 2006 361,071 1.9 3.465.768 25.9 2007 355,428 -1.5 4,047.446 16.8 2008 January 28,464 5.0 333.630 12.8 February 52,134 3.6 634.406 15.6 March 83,032 4.1 1,026.966 15.1 April 114,171 3.5 1,423.899 17.1 May 145,481 4.4 1,830.791 19.0 June 174,662 3.2 2,208.835 19.4 July 206,348 3.7 2.626.614 19.0 August 234,680 3.0 3,002.582 16.7 September 263,177 0.2 3,387.495 15.6 October 292,130 -0.1 3,763.856 14.9 November 315,245 -3.5 4,065.470 9.9 December 337,728 -5.0 4,375.798 8.0 2009 January 14,854 -47.8 208.282 -37.3 February 36,262 -30.4 563.682 -10.9 March 56,586 -31.7 826.072 -19.1 April 79,061 -30.6 1,103.524 -22.2 May 99,982 -31.1 1,360.676 -25.4 July 149,577 -27.4 1,966.921 -24.9 September 201,031 -23.5 2,614.475 -22.7 [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]