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Steel imports rise in first 10 months

China's steel imports registered rapid growth in the first 10 months of the year, while the decline in exports narrowed, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The country's steel imports rose by 73.9 percent on a yearly basis to over 17 million metric tons in the January-October period. The growth was up 1.7 percentage points from the first three quarters, ministry data showed. Around 44.43 million tons of steel was exported in the first 10 months, down 19.3 percent on a yearly basis, narrowing the decline by 0.3 percentage point from the first three quarters.

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Xinhua