摘要
Cable Industry Expected toConsume 1.7 Million Tons ofCopperAccording to industry experts,total turn over ofChina’s wire and cable industry will exceedRMB 160 billion by 2005,and the totalconsumption of copper is estimated to reach 1.7million tons.In 2002,the total output value ofChina’s cable industry was RMB 123.6 billionwhile the total sales revenue of the industrywas RMB 114.3 billion.2002 also saw aconsumption of 1.4 million tons of copper byChina’s cable industry,accounting for about 60percent of the total consumption of copper inthe domestic market.