This text is missing some spaces, please add them: January2009,Chinaimprted1.31milliontonsofplastics,overthesameperiodin2008for1.59milliontons,witha17.6percentdecline.
January 2009, China imprted 1.31 million tons of plastics, over the same period in 2008 for 1.59 million tons, with a 17.6 percent decline.