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China Aluminum Imports and Exports Data March 2014
Apr 21, 2014 15:57China Aluminum Imports and Exports Data
SHANGHAI,April. 21st-- The General Administration of Customs on April. 21st released China's imports and exports of primary aluminum, alumina, aluminum semis and bauxite in March 2014 (unit: mt):
| Mar. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Mar. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 41,281 | 116.91 | 153,291 | 238.99 |
| Origins | ||||
| Australia | 10,116 | 105.99 | 47,117 | 240.27 |
| Russia | 6,689 | 31.68 | 29,173 | 92.92 |
| Oman | 6,152 | 136.74 | 16,811 | 244.51 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,999 | - | 4,999 | - |
| Indonesia | 4,658 | - | 10,791 | - |
| Iran | 4,282 | -14.36 | 6,281 | 25.64 |
| India | 1,950 | - | 19,066 | - |
| South Africa | 1,505 | 1,396.99 | 12,759 | 1,309.28 |
| North Korea | 464 | - | 1,017 | -29.45 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 295 | 209.17 | 2,202 | 667.68 |
| Hong Kong | 68 | - | 112 | - |
| Nigeria | 56 | - | 252 | 15.61 |
| Germany | 32 | 107.86 | 80 | 19.79 |
| Taiwan (China) | 10 | -81.44 | 36 | -73.50 |
| aluminum alloy | 6,260 | -13.72 | 22,221 | -2.29 |
| Origins | ||||
| The United Arab Emirates | 1,946 | 48.50 | 5,800 | 79.35 |
| Taiwan (China) | 1,934 | 37.69 | 5,295 | -7.84 |
| Malaysia | 617 | 104.75 | 1,956 | 220.61 |
| South Korea | 394 | 181.12 | 892 | 46.00 |
| China | 382 | -24.74 | 857 | -45.08 |
| Japan | 266 | -22.17 | 857 | 16.04 |
| Russia | 215 | -82.06 | 466 | -84.28 |
| Nigeria | 110 | -65.29 | 791 | -20.15 |
| The US | 74 | -91.21 | 709 | -62.89 |
| The Arab Republic of Egypt | 53 | - | 105 | -0.79 |
| Cambodia | 50 | - | 190 | - |
| Holland | 47 | - | 76 | - |
| Australia | 41 | -86.09 | 929 | 38.48 |
| Mongolia | 37 | - | 1,048 | 379.09 |
| Latvia | 24 | - | 51 | - |
| The UK | 18 | 148.13 | 51 | 43.70 |
| The Philippines | 17 | -34.98 | 70 | 169.42 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 93.33 | 42 | 164.25 |
| Germany | 10 | -91.21 | 426 | -18.85 |
| scrap aluminum | 198,170 | 0.41 | 566,228 | -0.63 |
| Origins | ||||
| The US | 64,963 | 4.60 | 192,162 | 31.58 |
| Hong Kong | 31,819 | 39.13 | 84,435 | -40.42 |
| Malaysia | 28,834 | -7.97 | 88,307 | 38.24 |
| Australia | 22,306 | -27.62 | 60,542 | -10.61 |
| Germany | 10,988 | 53.62 | 32,848 | 84.19 |
| The UK | 9,855 | 53.34 | 23,971 | 59.75 |
| Holland | 5,414 | -2.11 | 13,833 | 1.72 |
| Canada | 5,133 | 84.92 | 12,252 | 6.58 |
| Belgium | 3,753 | 25.61 | 9,019 | 53.58 |
| Japan | 3,057 | 4.06 | 5,639 | -21.34 |
| Thailand | 2,652 | 360.94 | 8,444 | 1,204.28 |
| France | 1,975 | -36.86 | 7,112 | -44.98 |
| Colombia | 939 | 73.01 | 2,549 | -15.45 |
| Sweden | 817 | 300.50 | 2,126 | 316.32 |
| Taiwan (China) | 685 | 50.20 | 1,299 | 12.79 |
| Spain | 637 | -86.83 | 3,630 | -82.89 |
| South Korea | 491 | 20.58 | 1,936 | 12.92 |
| The Philippines | 472 | 2,142.44 | 472 | 629.86 |
| Italy | 448 | -30.87 | 2,711 | 18.20 |
| New Zealand | 399 | 50.48 | 923 | -44.60 |
| Mexico | 393 | -69.47 | 1,607 | -55.78 |
| Dominican Republic | 288 | -12.04 | 607 | -15.49 |
| Macao | 198 | -96.78 | 1,734 | -91.53 |
| Chile | 162 | 30.98 | 344 | -29.08 |
| Ecuador | 149 | -61.37 | 361 | -67.43 |
| Denmark | 148 | -63.91 | 985 | -11.44 |
| Portugal | 144 | 113.99 | 166 | 44.57 |
| Georgia | 109 | 35.06 | 319 | 30.41 |
| Norway | 103 | -38.64 | 1,778 | 643.10 |
| Singapore | 102 | 107.09 | 278 | 466.29 |
| The Republic of Panama | 95 | - | 186 | 139.65 |
| Peru | 94 | -58.26 | 444 | -29.93 |
| Greece | 90 | -67.37 | 401 | -52.81 |
| Mongolia | 79 | -60.20 | 79 | -71.90 |
| Morocco | 72 | -14.65 | 159 | -55.33 |
| The Oriental Republic of Uruguay | 50 | - | 101 | 107.76 |
| alumina | 376,936 | 93.17 | 1,483,760 | 43.40 |
| Origins | ||||
| Australia | 287,309 | 49.52 | 1,183,676 | 15.09 |
| Venezuela | 51,939 | - | 51,939 | - |
| Vietnam | 35,030 | - | 115,801 | - |
| France | 1,250 | 16.36 | 3,248 | 60.15 |
| Japan | 913 | -12.23 | 2,692 | 25.76 |
| South Korea | 214 | 893.79 | 512 | 97.58 |
| India | 101 | 0.12 | 90,926 | 20,953.53 |
| Germany | 72 | -33.29 | 515 | 49.46 |
| The US | 60 | 4.73 | 34,247 | 13,899.86 |
| Bauxite | 1,830,188 | -59.17 | 13,060,190 | -5.38 |
| Origins | ||||
| Australia | 768,831 | -1.71 | 3,080,969 | 15.27 |
| Indonesia | 477,386 | -85.56 | 8,729,638 | -3.38 |
| Dominican Republic | 193,720 | - | 495,027 | - |
| Brazil | 174,846 | - | 174,846 | 228.68 |
| Republic of Ghana | 117,380 | - | 204,477 | 174.83 |
| Vietnam | 931 | - | 931 | - |
| aluminum semis | 36,231 | -16.80 | 113,348 | -2.80 |
| Including | ||||
| Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 4,649 | 23.29 | 14,407 | 4.80 |
| Aluminum wire | 748 | 16.91 | 1,981 | 39.41 |
| Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 24,403 | -25.74 | 79,153 | -6.93 |
| aluminum foil | 4,841 | -3.47 | 13,203 | 5.48 |
| Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 1,375 | 20.05 | 4,090 | 23.18 |
| Aluminum structure and components | 432 | 22.09 | 1,394 | -34.44 |
| Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 8 | 4,164.52 | 10 | -94.10 |
| Mar. | YoY (%) | Jan.– | YoY (%) | |
| Exports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 8,917 | 5.87 | 23,512 | -8.65 |
| Destination | ||||
| Japan | 993 | 349.52 | 1,041 | 187.47 |
| North Korea | 27 | 88.13 | 43 | -13.25 |
| The US | 21 | - | 21 | 703.82 |
| aluminum alloy | 43,092 | 1.99 | 104,275 | 10.15 |
| Destination | ||||
| Japan | 19,758 | 22.11 | 44,059 | 16.25 |
| Hong Kong | 14,038 | -0.08 | 34,995 | 16.55 |
| Vietnam | 2,194 | -25.70 | 6,264 | -24.84 |
| Malaysia | 1,571 | 147.57 | 1,766 | 29.66 |
| South Korea | 1,236 | -52.46 | 3,081 | -43.37 |
| Australia | 852 | 53.46 | 2,264 | 83.10 |
| Thailand | 728 | -43.77 | 1,793 | -33.26 |
| Taiwan (China) | 696 | -48.20 | 2,330 | -6.67 |
| The Philippines | 430 | -37.17 | 1,462 | -16.19 |
| Indonesia | 426 | -57.87 | 1,810 | 7.12 |
| Holland | 328 | -27.83 | 805 | 8.32 |
| India | 317 | 161.92 | 750 | 302.22 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 161 | 99.83 | 241 | 33.46 |
| Norway | 150 | 99.97 | 320 | 81.49 |
| scrap aluminum | 105 | -27.29 | 185 | -53.29 |
| Destination | ||||
| India | 20 | - | 20 | - |
| alumina | 6,660 | 199.82 | 48,304 | 487.57 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 2,157 | 1,959.44 | 4,359 | 1,286.46 |
| North Korea | 2,001 | - | 2,005 | -49.88 |
| Chad | 502 | - | 502 | - |
| The US | 376 | 27.21 | 1,058 | 49.07 |
| Japan | 208 | 70.13 | 628 | 68.78 |
| Italy | 198 | 114.29 | 335 | 186.69 |
| Russia | 140 | 207.46 | 173 | 206.40 |
| Taiwan (China) | 132 | -49.20 | 193 | -45.58 |
| Vietnam | 117 | -70.53 | 241 | -63.84 |
| Uzbekistan | 116 | - | 116 | - |
| Mexico | 75 | 14,900.00 | 76 | -6.69 |
| Canada | 73 | 6,527.45 | 73 | 6,529.73 |
| Iran | 71 | 209.87 | 190 | 304.36 |
| The UK | 66 | - | 152 | 490.91 |
| France | 63 | 320.93 | 78 | 417.61 |
| Belgium | 62 | - | 62 | 7,606.25 |
| India | 55 | -43.97 | 111 | -13.13 |
| Thailand | 52 | -58.56 | 80 | -59.88 |
| aluminum semis | 320,000 | 25.90 | 720,000 | 8.20 |
| Including | ||||
| Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 46,198 | 10.41 | 130,056 | -17.40 |
| Aluminum wire | 1,887 | 27.80 | 4,685 | 17.41 |
| Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 182,365 | 41.67 | 356,198 | 17.79 |
| aluminum foil | 68,419 | -1.89 | 190,333 | 8.48 |
| Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 15,630 | 97.07 | 35,813 | 49.69 |
| Aluminum structure and components | 47,110 | 15.19 | 134,998 | 9.22 |
| Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 10,796 | 40.33 | 31,690 | 48.14 |
| Note:“-”meansdataisunavailable. |
China aluminum imports and exports
China imports and exports of aluminum
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