The amount exceeded the previous record of 1.08 billion tons in 2017, said the General Administration of Customs.

China's iron ore imports increased by 9.5% in 2020 in comparison with 2019, China Customs data shows.

China's imports of major commodities including crude oil, iron ore and soybean climbed in the first eight months of the year.

Japan's iron ore import down 32.1% YoY in June.

China produced 78.975 million tons of crude steel and 3 million tons of ferroalloys in March.

Raw ore volume of iron ore in Hebei up by 3.8% YoY rom January to February.

Guangdong iron ore production up 77.85% in November.

China imported 1.069 billion tons of iron ore.