NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters) - U.S. copper futures climbed to a 13-month high Monday morning, buoyed by strong Chinese import figures in September and the dollar's dive to a 14-month low against the euro. For detailed report on global copper markets, click on [MET/L] * Copper for December delivery HGZ9 up 2.75 cents at $3.0620 a lb by 10:22 a.m. EDT (1422 GMT) on the New York Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division. * Range from $3.0150 to $3.0690, a new high for the contract going back to late September 2008. * COMEX estimated futures volume at 6,200 lots by 9 a.m. * Copper advance driven by trade data showing a near 30 percent rise in shipments of the metal into China in September. [ID:nBJI000173] * China's apparent appetite for copper up 21 percent in September from previous month - Reuters calculations based on official data. [ID:nSP485586] * Dollar-denominated copper further supported by 14-month low in the American currency versus the euro EUR= after a Chinese report said Beijing should increase its holdings of euros and yen in its foreign reserves. [USD/] [ID:nPEK285229] * Supply-side issues offer additional underpinning after work stoppage at Chile's Spence copper mine entered into its 14th day. [ID:nN26181800] * Workers at Chile's Andina copper mine demand a 5 percent wage hike from owner Codelco. [ID:nN22346343] * Copper upside capped by 1,775-tonne build in London Metal Exchange stockpiles. At 368,850 tonnes, inventory levels at their highest since mid-May. [LME/STX1] * COMEX copper warehouse stocks rose by 284 short tons on Friday to 58,658 short tons. * Money managers net long on 5,274 lots of COMEX copper futures for the week ended Oct. 20, compared with 953 lots a week earlier - data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. [ID:nN23120860] * LME three-month copper MCU3 at $6,715 a tonne, up $66 from Friday's closing level. (Reporting by Chris Kelly; Editing by Walter Bagley)

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