By Chris Oliver
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Chinese commodity buyers appears to be taking advantage of lower prices for iron ore, copper and other commodities to build up stockpiles, according General Administration of Customs figures release Thursday. Copper imports rose 11.8% in September from a month earlier to 380,526 metric tons, while iron ore imports rose 2.5% from August to 60.57 million tones. Royal Bank of Canada analysts in Hong Kong saw "solid" China demand for the two commodities "boosted by significant price falls over the month."
