0001437749-12-012742.txt : 20130115 0001437749-12-012742.hdr.sgml : 20130115 20121211135512 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001437749-12-012742 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121211 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: China Armco Metals, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001410711 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-METALS, MINERALS (NO PETROLEUM) [5050] IRS NUMBER: 260491904 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WATERS PARK DRIVE, SUITE 98 CITY: SAN MATEO STATE: CA ZIP: 94403 BUSINESS PHONE: (650) 212-7620 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WATERS PARK DRIVE, SUITE 98 CITY: SAN MATEO STATE: CA ZIP: 94403 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Cox Distributing Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070827 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm cnam_corr-121112.htm
 
China Armco Metals, Inc.

One Waters Park Drive
Suite 98, San Mateo, CA
(650) 212-7620

December 11, 2012
 
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-6010
 
Re:
  China Armco Metals, Inc.
 
  File No. 333-184354
 
Dear Sir/Madam:
 
Request is hereby made for the acceleration of the effective date of our Registration Statement on Form S-3/A, File No. 333-184354, to Eastern Standard Time 4:00 P.M. on December 14, 2012 or as soon as practicable thereafter.

The Company acknowledges that:

 
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should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

 
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the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

 
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the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
  
Very truly yours,

China Armco Metals, Inc.

By:   /s/ Kexuan Yao      
Kexuan Yao
Chief Executive Officer