General Administration of Customs: Import prices of major bulk commodities such as iron ore, crude oil, and coal fell in the first four months, while the import value of mechanical and electrical products increased.

Today, the General Administration of Customs announced that in the first four months, China imported 3.88 billion tons of iron ore, a decrease of 5.5%, with an average import price of 710.4 yuan per ton, a decrease of 17.8%; 1.83 billion tons of crude oil, an increase of 0.5%, with an average price of 3936.7 yuan per ton, a decrease of 8%; 1.53 billion tons of coal, a decrease of 5.3%, with an average price of 569.6 yuan per ton, a decrease of 22.2%; 38.994 million tons of natural gas, a decrease of 9.2%, with an average price of 3318.3 yuan per ton, a decrease of 6.1%; 23.19 million tons of soybeans, a decrease of 14.6%, with an average price of 3283.2 yuan per ton, a decrease of 15%; 12.922 million tons of refined oil, a decrease of 25.6%, with an average price of 4381.8 yuan per ton, an increase of 1.6%. In addition, China imported 9.525 million tons of primary shaped plastics, a decrease of 1.1%, with an average price of 10,500 yuan per ton, a decrease of 0.5%; 1.742 million tons of unalloyed copper and copper materials, a decrease of 3.9%, with an average price of 69,000 yuan per ton, an increase of 8.5%. During the same period, the import of electromechanical products was 2.23 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.7%.