[Ferro-Alloys.com] The export of solar cells in northern China's Shanxi Province grew 220 percent year on year in the first half (H1) of 2019, according to the customs in the provincial capital city of Taiyuan.

The export reached 1.37 billion yuan (194.49 million U.S. dollars) in H1, the customs said on Friday.

Vietnam spent nearly 5.7 billion U.S. dollars importing 8.4 million tons of steel and iron between January and July, down 2.4 percent in value but up 4.5 percent in volume against the same period last year.

In July alone, the country imported nearly 1.3 million tons of the products worth 848 million U.S. dollars, up 6.7 percent in volume but down 3.9 percent in value against July 2018, the Vietnam Steel Association said on Friday.

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