stainless steel natural gas grill China to exempt some commodities imports from licence requirements

Hong Kong, August 28 (Reuters-China will remove import licensing requirements for some commodities, including refined copper, stainless steel and natural gas, as part of broader initiatives to cut red tape and open up the commodity market from September 1.The products required to exempt the import license also include halfAccording to a statement released on the commerce ministry's website on Tuesday, finished copper, scrap copper, scrap aluminum, steel products and some agricultural products.(www.mofcom.gov.Cn) traders said the impact of the move on the copper market was limited as such permits had been issued quickly after a company supplied contracts for copper production."The new policy simply means that importers will save two to three days to process imports," said a refined copper importer in Shanghai .".China is the world's largest consumer of copper and several other commodities.To see the full list of items, click here (Polly Yam reports;