Chinese copper futures eased on Friday after data showed a sharp decline in the country's imports of the red metal in December. China's unwrought copper imports fell 4.3 percent in December from a month earlier, according to Chinese customs data.
But commodities traders said the decline was softened as imports still stood at the second-highest level in 2017 as winter restrictions on domestic production kept demand for metal from overseas buoyant. The most-traded copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange retreated 0.51 percent to 54,800 yuan ($8,464.63) a tonne. ShFE nickel closed 1.76 percent down.
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