According to statistics, China imported 282,000 tons of scraps in July, slumping by 30.9% year on year.
Among them, 202,000 tons were from Japan, decreasing by 17.6% and 26,000 tons were from the US, slumping by 59.9%, both compared to the figures in the same period of 2012.
In the first seven months of this year, China's scrap imports amounted to 2.842 million tons, decreasing by 11.4% year on year.
Meanwhile, it's estimated that China's scrap imports would reach 4.87 million tons in the whole of 2013.