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China Copper Imports and Exports Data December 2014
Jan 23, 2015 11:59 The General Administration of Customs released on Jan.23 China's copper imports and exports in December 2014 . (Unit: mt)
SHANGHAI, Jan.23 (SMM) -- The General Administration of Customs released on Jan.23 China's copper imports and exports in December 2014 . (Unit: mt)
| Dec. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Dec. | YoY (%) | |
| imported | ||||
| Refined Copper | 314980 | 5.31 | 3589684 | 13.69 |
| Origins | ||||
| Chile | 136016 | 40.27 | 1265332 | 18.52 |
| India | 26459 | -32.65 | 332298 | 39.01 |
| Australia | 23270 | 47.68 | 312889 | 32.44 |
| Japan | 19305 | 33.55 | 233275 | -0.13 |
| Peru | 12783 | 25.02 | 154220 | 21.68 |
| South Korea | 11789 | 45.94 | 109935 | -19.29 |
| Zambia | 10278 | -43.31 | 166522 | 3.78 |
| Kazakhstan | 9194 | -36.98 | 168108 | -14.9 |
| Poland | 7436 | -39.83 | 117204 | 30.29 |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo | 7431 | 71.76 | 84230 | 62.62 |
| Belgium | 7153 | -47.57 | 112549 | -15.83 |
| Spain | 5475 | 11001.52 | 9992 | 1151.3 |
| Bulgarian | 5228 | -21.03 | 73919 | 7.92 |
| Russia | 5070 | - | 18229 | 740.13 |
| The Philippines | 4588 | 55.66 | 80518 | -15.23 |
| China | 4520 | -59.81 | 49983 | -30.44 |
| The US | 2644 | -58.5 | 36564 | 8.36 |
| Mexico | 2611 | 422.46 | 9196 | -28.88 |
| Germany | 2526 | -71.53 | 61750 | -2.94 |
| Finland | 2500 | -47.77 | 20259 | -18.26 |
| Brazil | 2018 | -54.14 | 66563 | 57.11 |
| Indonesia | 1403 | 180.25 | 18545 | 174.17 |
| Mongolia | 1402 | - | 4207 | - |
| Norway | 1364 | 164.91 | 22710 | 56.9 |
| Laos | 900 | 79.85 | 11891 | 17.25 |
| Myanmar | 600 | -19.99 | 6925 | 47.33 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 546 | - | 2655 | 149.58 |
| The Republic of Mozambique | 224 | - | 432 | - |
| North Korea | 200 | 17.63 | 2378 | -23.95 |
| South Africa | 43 | -93.65 | 7733 | -30.78 |
| Malaysia | 3 | -37.48 | 140 | 10.9 |
| Swiss | 0 | 1850 | 2 | -99.08 |
| Copper Anode | 47717 | -28.52 | 584664 | -6.99 |
| Origins | ||||
| Zambia | 21545 | 44.28 | 234661 | -0.53 |
| Chile | 12365 | -68.47 | 223133 | -6.66 |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo | 9482 | 61.14 | 58457 | -24.07 |
| Pakistan | 1207 | -8.49 | 12737 | -7.05 |
| Taiwan (China) | 573 | 37.69 | 5493 | -8.24 |
| Thailand | 507 | 33.06 | 4565 | 142.49 |
| Spain | 504 | - | 3017 | 36.22 |
| Turkey | 287 | -44.37 | 2283 | -12.84 |
| Iran | 276 | 299.37 | 3616 | 98.6 |
| South Korea | 205 | -36.29 | 1916 | 31.12 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 136 | -87.49 | 7755 | -22.72 |
| South Africa | 129 | - | 5144 | 8493.25 |
| Peru | 75 | - | 1467 | -47.98 |
| Tanzania | 71 | -96.63 | 2097 | -89.96 |
| Vietnam | 67 | - | 1033 | - |
| The Gabonese Republic, La République Gabonaise | 66 | - | 111 | - |
| Canada | 52 | - | 73 | 246.97 |
| Laos | 36 | -16.44 | 133 | 29.79 |
| Japan | 26 | 0.07 | 268 | 27.45 |
| Georgia | 22 | - | 276 | - |
| The US | 22 | -40.76 | 274 | -19.6 |
| New Zealand | 20 | -16.67 | 80 | 81.54 |
| Nigeria | 17 | -17.34 | 470 | 317.71 |
| The Republic of Congo | 16 | - | 832 | -77.52 |
| Mexico | 10 | -94.66 | 748 | -9.32 |
| Malaysia | 2 | -88.57 | 65 | -57.52 |
| The UK | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| China | - | -100 | 26 | -34.34 |
| Nigeria | 108 | - | 453 | 392.79 |
| copper alloy | 4292 | -15.19 | 45988 | -17.78 |
| Origins | ||||
| South Korea | 878 | -24.55 | 8545 | -21.52 |
| Zambia | 707 | - | 707 | 471159.33 |
| Japan | 584 | -20.2 | 6775 | -1.38 |
| Ukraine | 499 | -0.07 | 6744 | 17.85 |
| The US | 496 | 17.84 | 3407 | -19.69 |
| Taiwan (China) | 263 | 125.27 | 2061 | -26.09 |
| Estonia | 158 | -35.44 | 3129 | 99.73 |
| Germany | 156 | 73.31 | 1584 | -28.47 |
| Russia | 76 | -91.72 | 4792 | -50.92 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 72 | -68.75 | 1641 | -10.1 |
| Spain | 61 | - | 322 | 1249.16 |
| Mexico | 59 | - | 343 | 106.54 |
| Libya | 52 | - | 52 | - |
| Brazil | 50 | - | 178 | 76.06 |
| France | 41 | 102.71 | 221 | -47.93 |
| Lebanon | 25 | - | 659 | - |
| Uzbekistan | 23 | - | 23 | - |
| Peru | 23 | -48.8 | 327 | -51.27 |
| The UK | 21 | - | 195 | -34.22 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 96.25 | 111 | -42.68 |
| Austria | 11 | 266.67 | 44 | 264.42 |
| New Zealand | 10 | - | 76 | 117.81 |
| China | 7 | 593.1 | 37 | -42.59 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | -28.98 | 13 | -83.31 |
| Turkey | 1 | -99.78 | 1878 | -46.42 |
| Chile | 0 | -49.52 | 24 | -52.91 |
| Holland | 0 | -94.47 | 8 | 0.88 |
| Italy | 0 | -96.48 | 252 | -32.12 |
| Australia | 0 | -83.23 | 27 | 241.39 |
| Canada | 0 | -71.43 | 64 | 181.23 |
| Swiss | 0 | 173.77 | 3 | -83.99 |
| South Africa | 0 | 2 | 73 | 7.09 |
| Scrap Copper | 366534 | -7.72 | 3874928 | -11.38 |
| Origins | ||||
| The US | 66917 | -21.16 | 781547 | -18.31 |
| Hong Kong | 60366 | 16.74 | 581146 | 23.49 |
| Australia | 38252 | 5.39 | 412273 | 15.19 |
| Malaysia | 28590 | -28.69 | 315492 | -20.89 |
| Germany | 25832 | 15.83 | 230532 | -38.72 |
| Japan | 25282 | -1.4 | 264585 | -4.33 |
| Holland | 20879 | -3.17 | 219985 | -17.21 |
| The UK | 16118 | -31.26 | 188784 | -13.93 |
| The Philippines | 11447 | 831.91 | 70929 | 571.46 |
| France | 6572 | 39.17 | 69365 | -16.53 |
| Italy | 6471 | -6.21 | 64209 | -23.43 |
| South Korea | 6018 | -26.15 | 78939 | 5.32 |
| Belgium | 5588 | -2.99 | 61524 | 1.54 |
| Spain | 5151 | -5.04 | 59713 | -47.72 |
| Canada | 4523 | -47.84 | 61353 | -28.35 |
| Mexico | 4157 | -34.76 | 55311 | -19.64 |
| South Africa | 3322 | -13.57 | 33248 | -4.53 |
| Colombia | 2891 | -21.32 | 26927 | -36.49 |
| Portugal | 2001 | 78.31 | 12432 | 3.06 |
| Macao | 1843 | 97.66 | 6858 | -81.28 |
| Thailand | 1737 | 14.85 | 21055 | -28.55 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 1695 | -57.63 | 21876 | -35.9 |
| Chile | 1552 | 14.48 | 13141 | 10.33 |
| Sweden | 1061 | 0.38 | 10855 | -8.2 |
| Taiwan (China) | 984 | 41.02 | 8782 | 29.93 |
| Rumania | 906 | -1.7 | 9459 | -16.55 |
| Brazil | 818 | 94.44 | 5664 | -29.53 |
| Norway | 794 | -9.73 | 8175 | -14.05 |
| Dominican Republic | 780 | 97.29 | 6927 | 31.68 |
| Denmark | 742 | 67.39 | 6253 | -4.95 |
| Pakistan | 681 | -46.39 | 5540 | 4.02 |
| Saudi Arabia | 680 | -65.46 | 12328 | -2.7 |
| The Czech Republic | 668 | -3.76 | 6694 | -27.4 |
| Ecuador | 626 | -3.27 | 5674 | -15.48 |
| Poland | 619 | 28.43 | 5836 | -31.23 |
| Tunisia | 592 | 218.52 | 4937 | 113.12 |
| Paraguay | 570 | -13.87 | 4222 | -27.67 |
| Russia | 561 | - | 1293 | 2426.65 |
| New Zealand | 545 | -55.83 | 8347 | -36.03 |
| Greece | 519 | -54.17 | 9447 | -20.75 |
| Morocco | 437 | -47.04 | 6709 | -17.02 |
| Georgia | 386 | -34.98 | 4404 | -21.22 |
| Bulgarian | 373 | -6.64 | 4540 | -21.86 |
| The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | 364 | -62.5 | 6043 | -18.34 |
| Hungary | 359 | 40.9 | 4416 | -7.33 |
| Honduras | 286 | 15.74 | 2409 | -5.34 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 285 | 613.43 | 1289 | 51.06 |
| Nigeria | 276 | -76.23 | 5821 | -7.6 |
| Israel | 275 | -33.5 | 3387 | -23.7 |
| Peru | 264 | 7.72 | 4471 | -13.27 |
| Estonia | 259 | -47.87 | 2763 | -7.99 |
| China | 236 | 46.99 | 1559 | 64.32 |
| Singapore | 226 | -66.99 | 3722 | -61.09 |
| Lithuania | 222 | 97.23 | 1861 | 0.09 |
| The Republic of Cote d'ivoire | 219 | 14.22 | 1061 | -3.8 |
| Lebanon | 206 | -87.03 | 3254 | -49.67 |
| Finland | 205 | -62.67 | 7471 | -16.4 |
| The Republic of Panama | 190 | -27.7 | 1900 | -14.93 |
| Latvia | 186 | 22.69 | 2316 | 16.9 |
| Costa Rica | 173 | 39.35 | 1042 | -36.1 |
| Indonesia | 143 | -75.65 | 2335 | -26.91 |
| The Republic of Haiti | 127 | -50.43 | 2033 | 7.59 |
| The Slovak Republic | 114 | -31.92 | 1284 | -15.12 |
| Qatar | 111 | -50.14 | 2837 | 27.68 |
| Ireland | 101 | 263.94 | 374 | 18.98 |
| The Republic of Togo, La Republique Togolaise | 99 | -48.12 | 857 | 42.39 |
| The State of Kuwait | 99 | -64.86 | 1763 | -7.7 |
| Jamaica | 98 | 85.54 | 1067 | 17.11 |
| The Oriental Republic of Uruguay | 97 | -59.59 | 1297 | -26.12 |
| Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | 92 | -46.59 | 1025 | -30.02 |
| Cuba | 91 | 18.03 | 1349 | 67.32 |
| Slovenia | 72 | - | 838 | -51.59 |
| The Republic of Nicaragua | 65 | 197.17 | 570 | 17.29 |
| Libya | 63 | 189.81 | 497 | -53.83 |
| Benin | 62 | -78.25 | 2804 | 32.72 |
| India | 62 | - | 253 | -50.3 |
| Kenya | 50 | -63.22 | 1459 | 16.83 |
| The Republic of Yemen | 41 | -70.54 | 327 | -79.23 |
| Tanzania | 39 | -79.07 | 846 | -45.02 |
| the Republic of Kyrgyzstan | 27 | 7.51 | 35 | -93.47 |
| Republic of Ghana | 24 | -81.67 | 629 | -20.22 |
| Turkey | 23 | -96 | 3238 | -55.52 |
| New Caledonia amount | 21 | - | 79 | 261.28 |
| The Kingdom of Bahrain | 19 | -75.08 | 430 | -26.49 |
| The Republic of Senegal | 19 | -83.86 | 435 | -38.67 |
| copper concentrate | 1166994 | 12.29 | 11820131 | 17.39 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Chile | 343659 | -4.7 | 2948302 | 3.82 |
| Peru | 273967 | 19.41 | 2026152 | 5.51 |
| Mongolia | 144053 | 199.85 | 1352802 | 138.83 |
| Australia | 69367 | -12.06 | 960980 | 7.79 |
| The US | 61846 | 1.21 | 611821 | 9.8 |
| Canada | 45040 | -12.51 | 505381 | 5.64 |
| Indonesia | 40479 | 284.07 | 191902 | 23.09 |
| Laos | 29823 | 175.85 | 223097 | 39.36 |
| Mexico | 22815 | -60.26 | 773332 | 38.48 |
| Kazakhstan | 19041 | -49.05 | 401952 | 91.02 |
| Turkey | 17798 | 1.32 | 251718 | -27.34 |
| Botswana | 17778 | 275.58 | 35213 | -36.97 |
| Brazil | 11090 | 1087.38 | 151141 | 19.7 |
| Eritrea | 10960 | 2.2 | 162178 | 665.99 |
| Armenia | 9336 | 415.78 | 85858 | 231.49 |
| Portugal | 8994 | - | 61050 | 49.09 |
| The Philippines | 6718 | -17.09 | 155271 | -30.57 |
| Holland | 5169 | - | 68626 | 85.01 |
| Rumania | 4064 | -26.85 | 45870 | 16.7 |
| Taiwan (China) | 3594 | 1613.12 | 50593 | 259.42 |
| North Korea | 3153 | -33.79 | 29558 | 19.65 |
| Bolivia | 3104 | 1479.56 | 13156 | 759.29 |
| Thailand | 2941 | - | 3557 | 53.73 |
| Mauritania | 2153 | -81.98 | 121326 | -45.73 |
| Dominican Republic | 2049 | -45.28 | 44994 | -12.81 |
| Albania | 1965 | -52.94 | 25193 | -27.82 |
| Zambia | 1490 | -69.11 | 43933 | 86.45 |
| Myanmar | 1193 | -40.14 | 35233 | 11.64 |
| Ecuador | 1021 | 31.88 | 6873 | 33.66 |
| Iran | 1011 | 730.58 | 27739 | -10.17 |
| Tanzania | 411 | 39.04 | 13664 | 350.88 |
| Nigeria | 200 | 162.34 | 1149 | -37.96 |
| Pakistan | 169 | -78.53 | 9969 | -23.78 |
| South Africa | 138 | -0.01 | 16499 | -45.54 |
| India | 113 | - | 508 | -22.48 |
| Malaysia | 111 | 63.02 | 22038 | 21.19 |
| Madagascar | 80 | -18.82 | 948 | -31.46 |
| Vietnam | 61 | - | 13251 | 5653.97 |
| Morocco | 43 | -88.19 | 14643 | 213.45 |
| Bulgarian | 0 | -100 | 44,440 | -31 |
| Copper Semis | 54173 | -5.1 | 603951 | -7.1 |
| Including | ||||
| Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles | 6922 | 4.93 | 73518 | 5.07 |
| Copper Wires | 15727 | -8.15 | 152043 | -15.96 |
| Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips | 11578 | 2.24 | 127616 | 0.14 |
| Copper Foils | 18266 | -9.04 | 230356 | -8.17 |
| Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) | 1357 | -20.71 | 17354 | -4.55 |
| Copper Stranded Wires, Cables | 1061 | 0.21 | 11240 | 2.8 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Refined Copper | 26598 | 6 | 265860 | -9.26 |
| Destination | ||||
| Malaysia | 6876 | 262.58 | 24714 | -77.95 |
| Taiwan (China) | 5959 | -31.04 | 84653 | 24.02 |
| Hong Kong | 3504 | 75.27 | 14075 | 42.12 |
| Singapore | 2870 | - | 3266 | 3116.87 |
| Vietnam | 2626 | 48.29 | 25584 | 108.8 |
| South Korea | 2466 | 7.47 | 71025 | 234.66 |
| Thailand | 797 | -51.49 | 7065 | -14.31 |
| Poland | 400 | - | 1203 | 2515.14 |
| Indonesia | 397 | 696.94 | 13602 | 94.79 |
| Japan | 300 | -94.87 | 4770 | -77.6 |
| Pakistan | 199 | - | 1497 | 1397.48 |
| The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 149 | - | 891 | 798.93 |
| Bangladesh | 50 | -74.95 | 1730 | -27.17 |
| The US | 4 | - | 34 | -16.21 |
| Copper Anode | 892 | 410761.75 | 2635 | 1531.47 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 892 | - | 1934 | 773514.4 |
| copper alloy | 0 | -99.49 | 47 | -53.01 |
| Destination: | ||||
| The Republic of Angola | - | - | 1 | - |
| Taiwan (China) | - | - | 10 | 95.93 |
| Nigeria | - | - | 1 | - |
| Australia | - | - | 3 | - |
| The US | - | - | 1 | - |
| Vietnam | - | - | 1 | - |
| Iran | - | - | 1 | - |
| Hong Kong | - | - | 10 | - |
| Singapore | - | - | 1 | -66.67 |
| Thailand | - | - | 15 | -34.51 |
| South Korea | - | - | 1 | 374.68 |
| Scrap Copper | 13 | -84.88 | 647 | -53.27 |
| Destination | ||||
| Japan | 10 | -63.7 | 389 | -36.01 |
| South Korea | ||||
| Belgium | - | - | 95 | 134.31 |
| Poland | ||||
| Australia | - | - | 1 | - |
| copper concentrate | - | -100 | 824 | 28.65 |
| Destination | ||||
| Mexico | - | - | 93 | - |
| Paraguay | - | - | 24 | - |
| Australia | - | - | 1 | - |
| Italy | - | -100 | 104 | 33.62 |
| Hong Kong | - | - | 400 | 553.73 |
| Taiwan (China) | - | - | 19 | -79.7 |
| Nigeria | - | - | 183 | - |
| Copper Semis | 40819 | -2.5 | 507840 | 3.9 |
| Including | ||||
| Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles | 687 | -26.58 | 8632 | 4.7 |
| Copper Wires | 2136 | 12.23 | 32976 | 46.21 |
| Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips | 2887 | 24.68 | 32180 | 20.4 |
| Copper Foils | 11890 | -19.99 | 157301 | -9.21 |
| Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) | 22991 | 6.58 | 273096 | 7.26 |
| Copper Stranded Wires, Cables | 263 | 20.5 | 2600 | 4.61 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) | ||||
China copper imports and exports
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