Trader and shipowner Trafigura Group has made its second foray into the Chinese debt market.

The company said on Monday it had raised another CNY 500m ($78m) from a so-called "panda bond."

This second issue follows one for the same amount sold in April and is part of a potential CNY 2.35bn programme in China.

The debt was placed in the interbank market through a private placement, with maturity over three years.