CORRECTED-TABLE-China preliminary July commodity trade data

(Corrects data, months and percent changes throughout) BEIJING, Aug 9 (Reuters) – China’s General Administration of Customs released preliminary trade data for July on Saturday. The table below shows selected commodity and energy trade volumes, compared with a year earlier, as well as year-to-year figures. The percentage changes for year-to-date figures come directly from customs. All other percentage changes are not provided and are calculated by Reuters. Customs has stopped disclosing some items in its preliminary and final trade data tables since 2020, including imports of scrap metal, fuel oil No.5-7 and exports of crude oil, coal and coke. Detailed figures from customs with a further breakdown will be released later in the month. CRUDE OIL & REFINED PRODUCTS July 2021 June 2021 Pct July 2020 Pct Year-to-date Pct （mln T） (mln T) change (mln T) change (mln T) change Imports: Crude Oil 41.24 40.14 2.74% 51.29 -19.59% 301.83 -5.60% Refined products 2.52 2.14 17.76% 1.91 31.94% 15.04 -19.70% Natural Gas 9.34 10.21 -8.52% 7.35 27.07% 68.96 24.00% Exports: Refined products 4.64 6.44 -27.95% 3.21 44.55% 41.08 11.20% Net Refined products -2.12 -4.31 / -1.30 / -26.04 / Imports: BASE METALS July 2021 June 2021 Pct July 2020 Pct Year-to-date Pct （T） (T) change (T) change (T) change Imports: Unwrought copper 424,280.3 428,437.5 -1% 762,210.9 -44.3% 3,219,071.9 -10.60% Copper ores & 1,887,000 1,670,000 13% 1,795,000 5.1% 13,390,000 6.00% concentrates Exports: Unwrought aluminium 469,030.6 454,397.40 3.2% 373,402.3 25.6% 3,085,140.60 12.70% and products COAL, IRON & STEEL July 2021 June 2021 Pct July 2020 Pct Year-to-date Pct （mln T） (mln T) change (mln T) change (mln T) change Imports: Coal (incl lignite) 30.18 28.39 6.31% 26.10 15.63% 169.74 -15.00% Iron Ore 88.51 89.42 -1.02% 112.65 -21.43% 649.03 -1.50% Steel products 1.05 1.25 -16.00% 2.61 -59.77% 8.40 -15.60% Exports: Steel products 5.67 6.46 -12.23% 4.18 35.65% 43.05 30.90% Net Steel products 4.62 5.21 -11.32% 1.57 194.27% 34.65 51.10% Exports: RARE EARTHS July 2021 June 2021 Pct July 2020 Pct Year-to-date Pct （T） (T) change (T) change (T) change Exports: Rare Earths 3,955.40 4,012.40 -1.42% 1,620.30 144.12% 27,781.00 22.20% SOFTS & GRAINS July 2021 June 2021 Pct July 2020 Pct Year-to-date Pct （mln T） (mln T) change (mln T) change (mln T) change Imports: Soybeans 8.67 10.72 -19.12% 10.09 -14.07% 57.63 4.50% Edible veg oil 826,000 1,016,000 -18.7% 956,000 -13.6% 6,619,000 21.70% Rubber (natural and 525,000 462,000 13.6% 677,000 -22.5% 3,819,000 0.30% synthetic) Exports: Grains 0.28 0.33 -15.15% 0.31 -9.68% 1.97 -14.60% MEAT July 2021 June 2021 Pct July 2020 Pct Year-to-date Pct （mln T） (mln T) change (mln T) change (mln T) change Imports: Meat (incl offal) 0.85 0.74 14.86% 1.00 -15.00% 5.93 3.30% * Edible veg oil and rubber are in tonnes. (Reporting by Min Zhang and Shivani Singh and China Commodities and Energy Team)