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:

o 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;

o 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

o 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