BEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - China imported 90.44 million
tonnes of iron ore in April, up 5.1% from the previous year,
data from the General Administration of Customs showed on
Tuesday.
The world's top iron ore consumer brought in 385 million
tonnes of the steelmaking ingredient in the first four months of
the year, up 8.6% from a year earlier, according to customs.
China's steel exports in April grew 59.2% on the year to
7.93 million tonnes with total volumes over January-April at
28.01 million tonnes, up 55% year-on-year, customs data showed.
(Reporting by Amy Lv and Dominique Patton in Beijing; Editing
by Himani Sarkar)
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