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China Aluminum Imports and Exports Apr 2012
May 22, 2012 14:31China Aluminum Imports and Exports Apr 2012
| SHANGHAI, May. 21 -- The General Administration of Customs on May. 22 released China's imports and exports of primary aluminum, alumina, aluminum semis and bauxite in Apr 2012 (unit: mt): | ||||
| Apr. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Apr. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 40,347 | 216.05 | 226,588 | 159.04 |
| Origins | ||||
| Russia | 18,737 | 269.48 | 88,449 | 78.68 |
| Australia | 9,925 | 84.33 | 48,275 | 70.00 |
| Oman | 3,850 | - | 32,976 | 1,438.01 |
| India | 3,310 | 366.98 | 13,784 | 1,844.76 |
| South Africa | 1,981 | 236.92 | 16,385 | 240.48 |
| Qatar | 1,000 | - | 3,009 | - |
| The Kingdom of Bahrain | 999 | - | 9,491 | - |
| Malaysia | 303 | - | 3,094 | - |
| Taiwan (China) | 107 | -1.79 | 597 | 252.18 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 96 | 343.37 | 2,730 | 4,106.82 |
| The US | 27 | 590.77 | 31 | 10.45 |
| Japan | 12 | 538.81 | 22 | 31.70 |
| China | 0 | - | 50 | 2,493.45 |
| North Korea | - | -100 | 1,862 | 18.71 |
| Guinea | - | -100 | 50 | - |
| Germany | - | -100 | 15 | 97.16 |
| aluminum alloy | 11,784 | 34.74 | 36,008 | 1.03 |
| Origins | ||||
| The United Arab Emirates | 2,711 | 216.11 | 7,819 | 47.77 |
| South Korea | 2,184 | 460.35 | 5,012 | 272.15 |
| Taiwan (China) | 2,091 | -5.73 | 7,454 | -14.81 |
| China | 2,030 | 19.62 | 5,990 | -0.28 |
| The US | 864 | 81.35 | 2,714 | 42.58 |
| Russia | 593 | -35.98 | 1,411 | -63.63 |
| Nigeria | 301 | 199.17 | 654 | 56.39 |
| Australia | 228 | -56.86 | 1,022 | -60.06 |
| Mongolia | 187 | - | 247 | 395.38 |
| Iran | 138 | - | 235 | - |
| South Africa | 115 | 82.74 | 323 | 134.24 |
| Germany | 100 | -12.41 | 100 | -61.42 |
| Japan | 97 | -69.5 | 796 | -12.79 |
| The Arab Republic of Egypt | 55 | -1.09 | 109 | -1.78 |
| Vietnam | 53 | 46.53 | 83 | -14.44 |
| Malaysia | 28 | -91.21 | 511 | -53.42 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | - | 15 | -38.58 |
| Canada | 2 | - | 6 | -99.15 |
| France | 1 | -8.95 | 3 | 11.80 |
| Mexico | - | -100 | 188 | -5.18 |
| Venezuela | - | -100 | 229 | 23.97 |
| The UK | - | -100 | 220 | -55.29 |
| Spain | - | -100 | 24 | -92.00 |
| scrap aluminum | 207,522 | -10.98 | 781,076 | -1.46 |
| Origins | ||||
| Hong Kong | 68,668 | 236.39 | 288,529 | 426.41 |
| The US | 67,484 | 38.64 | 224,251 | 36.38 |
| Australia | 13,674 | -51.42 | 48,639 | -56.29 |
| Spain | 13,068 | -67.03 | 45,514 | -65.76 |
| Germany | 8,610 | -57.46 | 29,463 | -45.97 |
| Belgium | 4,989 | 30.48 | 14,180 | 45.84 |
| Canada | 4,183 | 27.67 | 18,916 | 21.01 |
| Malaysia | 4,107 | -88.8 | 16,215 | -87.90 |
| France | 4,089 | -55.43 | 14,356 | -43.43 |
| Holland | 4,012 | -11.63 | 17,259 | 29.31 |
| The UK | 3,147 | -15.68 | 15,877 | 39.48 |
| Japan | 2,966 | 43.18 | 11,913 | 57.99 |
| Mexico | 1,792 | -17.83 | 7,652 | -29.12 |
| Colombia | 667 | -1.54 | 2,378 | 29.65 |
| Norway | 612 | 157.41 | 638 | -20.99 |
| Rumania | 473 | 2,151.59 | 1,757 | 8,265.66 |
| Ecuador | 447 | 81.22 | 1,356 | 15.79 |
| Sweden | 419 | 434.44 | 1,270 | 86.97 |
| South Korea | 361 | -23.8 | 2,151 | 2.54 |
| Denmark | 357 | 75.21 | 2,833 | 457.56 |
| Bulgarian | 341 | -12.83 | 1,061 | -2.22 |
| The Philippines | 305 | -39.03 | 550 | -58.07 |
| Portugal | 278 | -91.5 | 2,317 | -82.00 |
| Georgia | 228 | - | 601 | - |
| Dominican Republic | 223 | - | 797 | 175.59 |
| New Zealand | 188 | 77.67 | 836 | 29.52 |
| Taiwan (China) | 187 | 269.62 | 611 | 5.95 |
| Kuwait | 173 | -67.08 | 740 | -48.82 |
| Macao | 169 | 164.65 | 1,068 | 1,570.45 |
| Greece | 142 | 186.6 | 864 | 71.00 |
| Latvia | 127 | - | 127 | - |
| Republic of Ghana | 124 | - | 192 | - |
| Finland | 123 | 18 | 724 | 132.57 |
| Singapore | 115 | - | 115 | - |
| Ireland | 99 | - | 455 | - |
| Costa Rica | 96 | - | 198 | 912.30 |
| The Republic of Angola | 85 | - | 390 | - |
| Chile | 84 | -62.01 | 434 | -30.37 |
| Benin | 57 | - | 454 | -14.26 |
| Honduras | 45 | - | 354 | 220.49 |
| The Republic of El Salvador | 44 | - | 197 | - |
| Morocco | 41 | -36.68 | 58 | -8.87 |
| Paraguay | 40 | -65.21 | 40 | -81.90 |
| Barbados | 28 | - | 28 | - |
| The Republic of Nicaragua | 18 | - | 18 | -9.16 |
| Bolivia | 17 | -19.05 | 17 | -54.52 |
| The Republic of Congo | 9 | -63.44 | 22 | -68.51 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 6 | -70.09 | 73 | 168.22 |
| alumina | 281,622 | 115.81 | 1,443,228 | 73.67 |
| Origins | ||||
| Australia | 217,026 | 69.25 | 1,256,718 | 52.90 |
| Jamaica | 32,481 | - | 63,976 | - |
| India | 30,566 | 37,964.76 | 60,712 | 15,814.15 |
| Japan | 701 | -46.4 | 3,952 | -11.59 |
| France | 358 | -38.83 | 1,829 | -31.07 |
| South Korea | 258 | 1,170.77 | 408 | 46.30 |
| Germany | 162 | 44.81 | 642 | 1.29 |
| The US | 58 | -37.38 | 516 | 34.97 |
| Taiwan (China) | 7 | 99.72 | 15 | -72.53 |
| Italy | 3 | -66.71 | 6 | -58.71 |
| Vietnam | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Hungary | 0 | - | 1 | - |
| Swiss | 0 | -66.67 | 1 | -82.99 |
| Brazil | - | -100 | 54,412 | 494,558.89 |
| Denmark | - | -100 | 1 | -50.40 |
| Bauxite | 5,292,684 | 29.38 | 18,273,817 | 43.58 |
| Origins | ||||
| Indonesia | 4,619,370 | 40.12 | 15,185,544 | 53.03 |
| Australia | 623,296 | -16.41 | 2,895,203 | 18.71 |
| India | 49,844 | - | 98,711 | -68.86 |
| North Korea | 100 | - | 100 | - |
| Guyana | 73 | - | 165 | 105.74 |
| South Korea | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Japan | - | - | 99 | -51.37 |
| Malaysia | - | -100 | 93,995 | 94.87 |
| aluminum semis | 42,220 | -23.4 | 170,437 | -13.90 |
| Including | ||||
| Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 5,988 | 5.31 | 25,594 | 9.32 |
| Aluminum wire | 659 | 4.95 | 2,236 | -15.40 |
| Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 29,440 | -29.1 | 119,500 | -18.03 |
| aluminum foil | 4,606 | -10.17 | 16,729 | -5.47 |
| Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 1,284 | -35.63 | 5,463 | -28.69 |
| Aluminum structure and components | 332 | -22.8 | 1,589 | -4.93 |
| Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 154 | 769,930 | 319 | 1,236.05 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 8,201 | 32.25 | 42,565 | 274.66 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 7,391 | 26.26 | 40,108 | 291.76 |
| Vietnam | 507 | - | 525 | - |
| Japan | 277 | -14.87 | 1,100 | 9.69 |
| Israel | 24 | - | 24 | - |
| North Korea | 1 | -87.24 | 17 | 10.71 |
| Slovenia | - | -100 | 12 | -1.97 |
| aluminum alloy | 45,904 | -15.8 | 186,698 | -10.11 |
| Destination | ||||
| Japan | 24,398 | -17.54 | 103,702 | -2.54 |
| Hong Kong | 12,703 | 0.20 | 42,846 | -8.90 |
| Vietnam | 2,055 | -14.25 | 7,059 | -13.28 |
| South Korea | 1,713 | -46.21 | 9,105 | -43.60 |
| Indonesia | 1,015 | -53.83 | 6,487 | -26.35 |
| Australia | 897 | 46,117.63 | 3,502 | 981.14 |
| The Philippines | 740 | 1.85 | 2,644 | -9.17 |
| Thailand | 574 | 5.35 | 2,576 | -13.55 |
| Taiwan (China) | 407 | -40.69 | 1,162 | -44.40 |
| India | 371 | - | 564 | 23.09 |
| Malaysia | 331 | -72.70 | 4,488 | -11.09 |
| Norway | 176 | - | 651 | - |
| Holland | 176 | -52.67 | 778 | 62.81 |
| The US | 101 | -2.58 | 197 | -27.61 |
| Qatar | 50 | 3.26 | 271 | 39.63 |
| Pakistan | 40 | 628.95 | 42 | 461.23 |
| Turkey | 31 | 210.00 | 49 | -8.05 |
| Slovenia | 30 | -39.66 | 103 | 3.74 |
| The UK | 25 | 24,992.00 | 25 | 24,992.00 |
| Italy | 23 | -28.12 | 49 | -72.15 |
| Algeria | 21 | - | 61 | - |
| Singapore | 20 | -96.13 | 100 | -97.36 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 3 | -94.95 | 117 | Data Source Statement: Except for publicly available information, all other data are processed by SMM based on publicly available information, market exchanges, and relying on SMM's internal database model, for reference only and do not constitute decision-making recommendations. For queries, please contact Lemon Zhao at lemonzhao@smm.cn For more information on how to access our research reports, please email service.en@smm.cn SMM Events & WebinarsAll
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