[Ferro-Alloys.com] China's imports of iron ore, crude oil, natural gas and soybean, all increased among other commodities in 2019, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed.

China imported 1.069 billion tons of iron ore, 506 million tons of crude oil, 96.56 million tons of natural gas and 88.51 million tons of soybean, up by 0.5 percent, 9.5 percent, 6.9 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively.

Iron ore futures opened higher and closed lower on Wednesday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).

The most active iron ore contract for May delivery dipped 2 yuan (29 U.S. cents) to close at 664 yuan per tonne.