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n July 2026, China's total monthly sulphur imports were 385,403.834 mt in physical content, up 161.99% MoM and down 64.76% YoY, with major import sources being the UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Japan, and Taiwan, China. China's total monthly sulphur exports were 1,311.35 mt in physical content, down 96.35% MoM and up 47.87% YoY, with major export destinations being Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, South Korea, and Cambodia. China's total monthly sulphuric acid imports were 1,066.527 mt in physical content, down 94.56% MoM and down 88.11% YoY, with major import sources being Taiwan, China, South Korea, Germany, the US, and Japan. China's total monthly sulphuric acid exports were 976.24 mt in physical content, up 8.82% MoM and down 99.75% YoY, with major export destinations being Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Angola, Cambodia, and Singapore.

In June 2026, Canada's total monthly sulphur exports were 527,305 mt, down 15.43% MoM and 8.62% YoY, with major export destinations being Indonesia (198,612 mt), the US (158,031 mt), Chile (54,672 mt), Guinea (41,272 mt), and China (32,730 mt), among others; Canada's total monthly sulphur imports were 1,035 mt, down 20.08% MoM and up 3.19% YoY, with major importing countries being the US (912 mt) and China (105 mt), among others; Canada's total monthly sulphuric acid exports were 123,140 mt, up 101% MoM and down 12.086% YoY, with the US as the main export destination and a minimal amount to Morocco; Canada's total monthly sulphuric acid imports were 11,160 mt, down 66.059% MoM and up 8.0132% YoY, with the US (11,080 mt) as the main import source, among others.

The following table shows the ferrous and nonferrous metals movement on the SHFE and DCE on 21 Aug , 2026