SHANGHAI, Apr. 22st -- The General Administration of Customs released on Apr. 22st China's copper imports and exports in March 2013 . (Unit: mt)
| Mar. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Mar. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Refined Copper | 218823 | -36.7 | 676943 | -35.95 |
| Origins | ||||
| Chile | 71165 | -38.93 | 241081 | -42.67 |
| Japan | 25985 | 12.59 | 68876 | 34.98 |
| South Korea | 19015 | 59.79 | 39574 | 6.96 |
| The Philippines | 17320 | 231.48 | 17320 | -32.36 |
| Kazakhstan | 17267 | 16.95 | 48527 | 14.11 |
| Australia | 11808 | -21.85 | 34477 | -38.72 |
| Poland | 11756 | 16.87 | 26406 | -7.58 |
| India | 10701 | -39.33 | 58527 | -4.48 |
| Peru | 10177 | -39.81 | 28974 | -21.23 |
| Belgium | 6798 | -48.47 | 26623 | -27.56 |
| Zambia | 4483 | -73.87 | 26673 | -37.07 |
| Bulgarian | 4100 | -31.64 | 16093 | 19.29 |
| Mexico | 1782 | -62.61 | 8143 | -30.57 |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo | 1649 | -91.57 | 12580 | -79 |
| Myanmar | 1000 | - | 1400 | -30 |
| Brazil | 999 | -49.79 | 3547 | -22.68 |
| South Africa | 922 | 43.93 | 1583 | -2.39 |
| Germany | 636 | -94.12 | 11212 | -69.2 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 462 | - | 560 | 1956.44 |
| Laos | 399 | -59.66 | 1998 | -32.82 |
| North Korea | 330 | 226.68 | 1037 | 370.41 |
| Copper Anode | 45123 | -3.84 | 133349 | 8.36 |
| Origins | ||||
| Zambia | 18916 | 64.09 | 50631 | 26.37 |
| Chile | 17124 | 9.78 | 47645 | 37.84 |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo | 5006 | -50.44 | 23693 | 0.36 |
| Pakistan | 1830 | 667.63 | 4814 | 24.03 |
| Peru | 1006 | -85.57 | 1006 | -92.26 |
| Taiwan (China) | 663 | 77 | 1716 | 53.39 |
| Iran | 333 | 574.65 | 333 | 72.63 |
| Thailand | 75 | -25.76 | 343 | 13.1 |
| Australia | 42 | - | 42 | 92.65 |
| Russia | 40 | -0.48 | 158 | -48.62 |
| The US | 29 | -22.74 | 65 | -1.44 |
| Tunisia | 24 | - | 24 | -5.23 |
| The Arab Republic of Egypt | 24 | - | 99 | - |
| South Korea | 10 | -16.85 | 27 | -91.16 |
| Malaysia | 1 | -94.44 | 31 | -14.58 |
| Japan | 1 | -98.84 | 2 | -96.51 |
| China | 1 | -99.58 | 5 | -97.41 |
| copper alloy | 3439 | -29.84 | 12997 | 4.36 |
| Origins | ||||
| South Korea | 830 | -13.65 | 2546 | 10.27 |
| Russia | 521 | 26.1 | 1818 | -13.8 |
| Japan | 391 | -38.84 | 1665 | 3.49 |
| Ukraine | 371 | -23.05 | 1403 | 13.13 |
| The US | 358 | -56.14 | 1436 | -4.59 |
| Taiwan (China) | 214 | -32.84 | 708 | 14.94 |
| Germany | 201 | 9.67 | 613 | 4.85 |
| Turkey | 144 | -33.06 | 667 | -31.1 |
| India | 100 | - | 601 | - |
| Scrap Copper | 347598 | -19.17 | 1029437 | -3.04 |
| Origins | ||||
| The US | 85637 | -0.73 | 217685 | -6.71 |
| Australia | 38829 | 22.25 | 90118 | 20.21 |
| Hong Kong | 27702 | -61.42 | 123749 | -29.33 |
| Malaysia | 23934 | 120.37 | 62747 | 149.87 |
| Germany | 22816 | -34.39 | 79356 | 2.92 |
| Japan | 21130 | -27.61 | 57406 | 0.54 |
| Holland | 19870 | -21.73 | 57675 | -3.28 |
| The UK | 16961 | -14.24 | 53796 | -2.59 |
| Spain | 12844 | -54.15 | 42689 | -43.28 |
| France | 8607 | -46.81 | 34893 | -12.82 |
| Canada | 7180 | 3.74 | 19454 | -14.08 |
| Mexico | 6546 | 5.53 | 15409 | -20.55 |
| Thailand | 6201 | 155.54 | 9348 | 121.68 |
| Belgium | 5715 | -15.5 | 14399 | 7.31 |
| Italy | 5449 | -24.99 | 18803 | -2.62 |
| Macao | 3816 | 63.65 | 20204 | 506.04 |
| South Korea | 3376 | -68.03 | 18734 | -5.76 |
| Colombia | 3198 | -15.72 | 9693 | 12.92 |
| South Africa | 2406 | -1.86 | 7051 | 1.22 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 2342 | -5.15 | 8388 | 26.04 |
| Greece | 1267 | -30.76 | 3546 | -15.1 |
| Brazil | 1184 | 2268.82 | 3169 | 1501.76 |
| Chile | 1150 | 36.87 | 2839 | 5.7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1137 | 60.34 | 2986 | -9.41 |
| New Zealand | 964 | 5.97 | 4396 | 62.79 |
| Portugal | 896 | 3.04 | 3116 | 77.46 |
| The Philippines | 894 | -5.08 | 1967 | -37.5 |
| Norway | 871 | 75.08 | 2889 | 40.29 |
| Finland | 842 | -22.33 | 2021 | -9.63 |
| Sweden | 807 | -10.95 | 3218 | 31.44 |
| The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | 770 | 73.83 | 1721 | 16.98 |
| Poland | 710 | 116.9 | 1910 | 138.98 |
| Ecuador | 678 | 85.39 | 1632 | 73.18 |
| The Czech Republic | 665 | -28.57 | 2829 | 7.75 |
| Singapore | 622 | 6.49 | 1709 | 65.46 |
| Georgia | 599 | 40.51 | 1423 | 58.6 |
| Rumania | 578 | -57.92 | 2223 | -48.27 |
| Dominican Republic | 577 | 32.38 | 1081 | 5.47 |
| Denmark | 511 | -27.6 | 1405 | -3.24 |
| Morocco | 463 | -65.55 | 1377 | -58.79 |
| Peru | 429 | 13 | 1105 | 18.11 |
| Lebanon | 364 | 69.69 | 1250 | 85.23 |
| Bulgarian | 346 | -50.84 | 990 | -49.93 |
| Nigeria | 303 | 24.37 | 591 | 9.91 |
| Pakistan | 279 | 0.78 | 1409 | 287.61 |
| The Republic of Haiti | 269 | - | 432 | 323.81 |
| Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | 251 | 6.95 | 313 | -8.64 |
| Turkey | 242 | -58.36 | 854 | -9.89 |
| Tunisia | 241 | 67.41 | 815 | 241.49 |
| Honduras | 237 | -26.45 | 530 | -4.64 |
| Tanzania | 232 | 397.55 | 360 | 19.89 |
| The Republic of Yemen | 226 | 3.12 | 459 | 78.34 |
| Israel | 208 | -77 | 721 | -65.35 |
| China | 197 | 884.14 | 197 | 529.64 |
| Taiwan (China) | 190 | 26.57 | 418 | 28.17 |
| The Republic of Panama | 175 | -10.03 | 483 | 2.02 |
| Estonia | 169 | -40.74 | 426 | -16.64 |
| Cyprus | 163 | 143.48 | 520 | 29.73 |
| Hungary | 161 | -70.18 | 878 | -49.85 |
| Latvia | 155 | -27.71 | 437 | -34.41 |
| Costa Rica | 142 | -53.49 | 390 | -18.46 |
| the Republic of Kyrgyzstan | 129 | - | 303 | -9.07 |
| The Oriental Republic of Uruguay | 123 | -2.7 | 447 | 107 |
| The State of Kuwait | 122 | -13.69 | 445 | 26.76 |
| The Slovak Republic | 120 | 67.24 | 319 | 162.34 |
| Jordan | 113 | -46.19 | 165 | -75.16 |
| Paraguay | 113 | 9.42 | 868 | 225.49 |
| Ireland | 100 | 108.46 | 100 | -18 |
| Benin | 100 | -62.48 | 273 | -55.12 |
| Copper Ores and Concentrates | 777838 | 46.54 | 2220488 | 26.25 |
| Origins | ||||
| Chile | 281635 | 66.2 | 648660 | 41.76 |
| Peru | 117664 | -2.38 | 473544 | 57.98 |
| Australia | 53432 | 15.65 | 208903 | 56.37 |
| Mexico | 52472 | 93.49 | 115737 | -24.77 |
| Mongolia | 48513 | 9.97 | 125441 | -18.25 |
| Canada | 43123 | 299.32 | 121694 | 32.38 |
| The US | 30016 | 122.77 | 74784 | -17.55 |
| Laos | 28311 | 176.25 | 58099 | 14.93 |
| Mauritania | 23752 | 114.12 | 66684 | 68.46 |
| Turkey | 20360 | 234.5 | 56638 | 78.4 |
| Kazakhstan | 16142 | 37.24 | 45943 | 57.83 |
| The Philippines | 16031 | 20.08 | 37028 | -36.01 |
| Spain | 9237 | - | 17131 | 18.43 |
| Taiwan (China) | 5642 | 1910.4 | 11111 | 2606.64 |
| Portugal | 4635 | -29.52 | 15126 | 44.77 |
| Dominican Republic | 4594 | -41.99 | 15682 | -10.23 |
| Rumania | 3833 | 45.57 | 10284 | 41.73 |
| Bulgarian | 3571 | 60.76 | 16717 | 80.46 |
| Myanmar | 2423 | -7.46 | 3698 | 32.21 |
| Botswana | 2109 | -43.41 | 14772 | 73.03 |
| Zambia | 1875 | -15.28 | 5016 | 0.29 |
| North Korea | 1448 | 9.68 | 4095 | -21.45 |
| Indonesia | 1019 | -64.58 | 2473 | -82.52 |
| Pakistan | 865 | 124.59 | 2017 | 190.6 |
| Brazil | 851 | -20.78 | 25882 | 76.35 |
| Ecuador | 571 | 585.11 | 1049 | 1159.33 |
| The Republic of Namibia | 472 | -79.19 | 3080 | -31.96 |
| Nigeria | 446 | - | 473 | 129.97 |
| Russia | 434 | -38.8 | 1575 | -38.31 |
| Albania | 425 | -86.64 | 4513 | -48.92 |
| Thailand | 373 | -45.97 | 1107 | -37.08 |
| Morocco | 362 | 303.06 | 616 | 74.89 |
| Madagascar | 362 | - | 860 | 2263544.74 |
| India | 278 | - | 517 | 54.02 |
| Bolivia | 142 | -40.21 | 482 | -49.29 |
| South Africa | 127 | -57.87 | 7757 | 264.01 |
| Tanzania | 120 | -28.51 | 934 | 52.53 |
| Copper Semis | 52103 | -19.3 | 143998 | -14.2 |
| Including: | ||||
| Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles | 5122 | -23.69 | 15789 | -5.18 |
| Copper Wires | 14294 | -16.06 | 36180 | -21.72 |
| Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips | 10416 | -11.46 | 27662 | -5.2 |
| Copper Foils | 20429 | -23.23 | 59039 | -14.48 |
| Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) | 1664 | -23.74 | 4741 | -24.46 |
| Copper Stranded Wires, Cables | 843 | -21.66 | 2594 | -7.86 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Refined Copper | 60642 | 128.52 | 125423 | 359.63 |
| Destination | ||||
| Malaysia | 31835 | 1774.45 | 69703 | 4004.1 |
| Taiwan (China) | 7238 | 494.05 | 12756 | 565.07 |
| South Korea | 4903 | -39.58 | 13252 | 63.3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4010 | 3.04 | 8128 | 108.87 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 3800 | 13.21 | 3800 | 13.21 |
| Hong Kong | 2661 | 148.37 | 7754 | 591.23 |
| Vietnam | 1773 | - | 3195 | - |
| Thailand | 1548 | 675.57 | 1850 | 826.86 |
| Belgium | 1303 | - | 1303 | - |
| India | 702 | - | 1301 | - |
| Japan | 520 | -62.54 | 540 | -61.08 |
| Indonesia | 102 | - | 452 | - |
| Iran | 100 | - | 100 | - |
| The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 99 | - | 99 | - |
| Poland | 46 | - | 46 | - |
| Myanmar | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Copper Anode | 0 | -66.18 | 4 | -88.73 |
| Destination | ||||
| Pakistan | - | - | 3 | - |
| Hong Kong | - | - | 1 | - |
| copper alloy | 1 | 76.86 | 7 | 3.5 |
| Destination | ||||
| Myanmar | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Taiwan (China) | - | - | 3 | - |
| Singapore | - | - | 3 | 200 |
| Scrap Copper | 113 | -29.14 | 263 | -15.98 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 48 | -11.17 | 115 | 29.57 |
| Japan | 46 | -43.54 | 129 | -35.91 |
| Germany | 18 | - | 18 | - |
| Copper Ores and Concentrates | 26 | 823.21 | 87 | 3008.71 |
| Destination | ||||
| The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 26 | - | 26 | - |
| Hong Kong | - | - | 61 | - |
| Copper Semis | 43671 | -5.5 | 117343 | 0.3 |
| Including: | ||||
| Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles | 689 | -4.71 | 1616 | -5.05 |
| Copper Wires | 2137 | 25.85 | 4468 | 13.54 |
| Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips | 2793 | 21.76 | 6450 | 10.51 |
| Copper Foils | 15181 | -20.72 | 42440 | -10.44 |
| Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) | 22613 | 2.64 | 61578 | 7.45 |
| Copper Stranded Wires, Cables | 142 | 67.89 | 376 | 34.06 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) |
