| Not so very long ago base metals bulls marched to the beat of the monthly release of China's trade figures. The country's import appetite was seemingly insatiable as it sucked in ever-increasing volumes to feed its booming infrastructure and property programmes.
Not any more, though. Net imports of refined aluminium, nickel, zinc and tin all fell last year, some of them precipitously. China isn't a net importer of refined lead at all, a steady flow of exports helping explain why this particular market is so out of favour with investors right now...............................................Full Article: Source
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