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China Copper Imports and Exports Data March 2015
Apr 22, 2015 15:51The General Administration of Customs released on April.22 China's copper imports and exports in March 2015 . (Unit: mt)
SHANGHAI, April.22 (SMM) -- The General Administration of Customs released on April.22 China's copper imports and exports in March 2015 . (Unit: mt)
| Mar. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Mar. | YoY (%) | |
| imported | ||||
| Refined Copper | 306710 | -5.45 | 818561 | -18.24 |
| Origins | ||||
| Chile | 107982 | 32.81 | 321182 | 6.25 |
| Japan | 31525 | 103.86 | 64271 | 37.45 |
| Australia | 28995 | 12.34 | 61779 | -25.87 |
| India | 24627 | -12.02 | 68231 | -34.54 |
| Poland | 18129 | -10.8 | 36730 | -21.98 |
| Kazakhstan | 14280 | -3.49 | 47201 | 0.53 |
| Peru | 14120 | 16.16 | 25726 | -41.87 |
| South Korea | 13336 | 68.28 | 32700 | 27.75 |
| The Philippines | 9916 | - | 17483 | 2496.83 |
| Brazil | 7695 | -59.03 | 17090 | -53.84 |
| Indonesia | 4902 | 1532.71 | 8903 | 456.54 |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo | 4695 | -62.45 | 16477 | -32.01 |
| The US | 4510 | -39.22 | 8981 | -57.27 |
| Bulgarian | 3148 | -42.51 | 9440 | -64.39 |
| Laos | 2500 | 178.95 | 5600 | 81.2 |
| Spain | 2500 | -0.34 | 2525 | -44.1 |
| Zambia | 2475 | -85.27 | 11227 | -75.85 |
| South Africa | 2068 | 297.64 | 4916 | 58.63 |
| Belgium | 1800 | -90.26 | 16850 | -63.11 |
| Norway | 1160 | -59.59 | 5628 | -18.02 |
| Tanzania | 996 | 148.63 | 2290 | 471.7 |
| Sweden | 986 | -34.33 | 986 | -75.84 |
| Myanmar | 966 | 61 | 966 | -3.4 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 774 | 126.99 | 2280 | 248.8 |
| The Republic of Congo | 501 | - | 3164 | - |
| Singapore | 498 | - | 506 | - |
| Ukraine | 422 | 18.77 | 790 | 122.51 |
| Germany | 403 | -97.69 | 6989 | -79.66 |
| China | 260 | -93.69 | 3267 | -83.82 |
| Finland | 252 | -95.74 | 255 | -97.83 |
| North Korea | 160 | 33.33 | 420 | -20.75 |
| Mongolia | 100 | - | 1102 | - |
| The Gabonese Republic, La République Gabonaise | 21 | - | 21 | - |
| Malaysia | 10 | -28.57 | 18 | -53.83 |
| Copper Anode | 47338 | 23.06 | 144856 | -15.59 |
| Origins | ||||
| Zambia | 16516 | -12 | 55968 | -20.1 |
| Chile | 15889 | 78.74 | 50010 | -24.39 |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo | 5868 | 21.01 | 16043 | 13.03 |
| Spain | 2104 | - | 2856 | 277.83 |
| Tanzania | 1669 | - | 2403 | 202.52 |
| Italy | 1147 | - | 1147 | 14.57 |
| Germany | 992 | - | 2007 | 100.49 |
| South Africa | 703 | 812.5 | 2115 | 237.34 |
| the Republic of Kyrgyzstan | 616 | - | 1508 | - |
| Taiwan (China) | 335 | -32.18 | 1036 | -27.01 |
| Pakistan | 303 | -78.53 | 4046 | -10.97 |
| South Korea | 229 | 4664.6 | 769 | 63.48 |
| Nigeria | 165 | - | 208 | 787.69 |
| Mexico | 161 | -37.4 | 233 | -11.57 |
| Thailand | 123 | -78.93 | 778 | -46.53 |
| The Gabonese Republic, La République Gabonaise | 115 | - | 184 | - |
| Hong Kong | 99 | - | 458 | - |
| Vietnam | 99 | - | 211 | -45.14 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 73 | -94.65 | 567 | -85.69 |
| Russia | 39 | - | 39 | - |
| Laos | 38 | 567.25 | 232 | 3980.67 |
| Georgia | 24 | - | 43 | 89.18 |
| Iran | 19 | -59.22 | 588 | 263.93 |
| Japan | 8 | -71.94 | 27 | -64.95 |
| The US | 6 | -20.3 | 68 | 48.57 |
| Malaysia | 1 | -91.32 | 3 | -91.96 |
| copper alloy | 3352 | -30.43 | 8017 | -37.01 |
| Origins | ||||
| South Korea | 1042 | 95.45 | 1760 | -8.85 |
| Japan | 421 | -31.65 | 1303 | -20.8 |
| Ukraine | 364 | -57.52 | 859 | -59.17 |
| Lebanon | 308 | - | 513 | 297.99 |
| Turkey | 224 | 64.2 | 294 | -48.09 |
| Russia | 203 | -63.87 | 696 | -42.19 |
| Taiwan (China) | 136 | -64.67 | 337 | -50.65 |
| Estonia | 107 | -83.92 | 350 | -73.18 |
| The US | 102 | -72.81 | 471 | -44.58 |
| Germany | 100 | -32.52 | 290 | -37.99 |
| France | 80 | 300 | 100 | 65.84 |
| The UK | 67 | - | 135 | 196.99 |
| Spain | 62 | - | 161 | 13319.75 |
| Peru | 23 | 1.26 | 23 | -74.96 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 23 | -74.85 | 96 | -83.06 |
| Italy | 23 | -31.46 | 60 | -29.77 |
| Canada | 20 | 9965.98 | 20 | 9719.6 |
| Mexico | 19 | 44.59 | 37 | -24.32 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 37.5 | 26 | -14.75 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 23.7 | 20 | -16.34 |
| Austria | 4 | - | 12 | 299.2 |
| China | 2 | 113.01 | 6 | 564.15 |
| South Africa | 0 | -98.92 | 18 | -52.44 |
| Scrap Copper | 287655 | -5.21 | 781198 | -10.53 |
| Origins | ||||
| Hong Kong | 53941 | 55.2 | 131035 | 36.22 |
| The US | 51642 | -24.37 | 137872 | -27.56 |
| Australia | 24875 | -22.79 | 69733 | -29.01 |
| Holland | 22686 | 67.17 | 55597 | 1.39 |
| Malaysia | 20249 | -39.17 | 55938 | -38.89 |
| Germany | 19488 | 14.01 | 50759 | -2.02 |
| The UK | 13795 | -1.02 | 41164 | -11.77 |
| Japan | 11978 | -39.16 | 37623 | -19.49 |
| France | 10032 | 57.31 | 25028 | 62.9 |
| Mexico | 4885 | 26.22 | 12674 | -0.81 |
| Belgium | 4449 | -12.81 | 10036 | -13.93 |
| The Philippines | 4250 | 112.74 | 17276 | 402.28 |
| Canada | 4250 | -26.78 | 10560 | -31.82 |
| Spain | 4063 | -14.34 | 13503 | -17.61 |
| South Korea | 3655 | -47.5 | 8697 | -44.89 |
| Italy | 3580 | 5.41 | 14929 | 7.57 |
| Colombia | 2633 | 73.92 | 6780 | 23.32 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 2264 | 14.33 | 5570 | 1.45 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2231 | 139.15 | 6266 | 63.05 |
| South Africa | 1794 | -31.98 | 5821 | -21.61 |
| Macao | 1765 | 789.29 | 8366 | 185.44 |
| Chile | 1153 | 12.22 | 3830 | 27.38 |
| Portugal | 1097 | -16.47 | 2720 | 5.32 |
| The Czech Republic | 983 | 126.31 | 2395 | 84.49 |
| Morocco | 940 | -2.77 | 2026 | -9.76 |
| New Zealand | 828 | 51.26 | 1844 | -14.39 |
| Finland | 811 | 12.34 | 2135 | 2.61 |
| Denmark | 792 | 90.69 | 2877 | 127.14 |
| Ecuador | 698 | 182.51 | 1369 | 14.52 |
| Greece | 652 | -32.99 | 1982 | -26.59 |
| Pakistan | 567 | 5.29 | 1588 | -1.09 |
| Taiwan (China) | 528 | -4.19 | 1041 | 40.87 |
| Georgia | 515 | 41.58 | 974 | -29.22 |
| Peru | 453 | 302.95 | 789 | -3.11 |
| Brazil | 441 | -24.21 | 2109 | 160.09 |
| Tunisia | 436 | 84.53 | 1230 | 59.66 |
| Rumania | 435 | -55.62 | 1807 | -31.6 |
| Norway | 418 | -39.58 | 1620 | -35.16 |
| Honduras | 377 | 61.02 | 626 | 37.16 |
| Paraguay | 373 | 72.42 | 1005 | -15.45 |
| Dominican Republic | 359 | -48.26 | 1280 | 1.84 |
| Benin | 347 | 1.98 | 628 | -24.5 |
| Thailand | 327 | -91.2 | 1880 | -75.92 |
| The State of Kuwait | 326 | 85.15 | 968 | 214.93 |
| The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | 313 | -36.54 | 1101 | -11.47 |
| Hungary | 301 | -55.77 | 1044 | -14.61 |
| Poland | 295 | -49.48 | 1313 | 1.66 |
| China | 280 | 70.68 | 342 | 4.78 |
| Bulgarian | 274 | -47.62 | 989 | -27.93 |
| Israel | 229 | -46.14 | 777 | -34.53 |
| Nigeria | 212 | -67.55 | 590 | -69.37 |
| Sweden | 206 | -74.26 | 1254 | -47.95 |
| Qatar | 192 | 12.62 | 743 | 22.05 |
| The Slovak Republic | 192 | 13.57 | 518 | 40.9 |
| The Republic of Panama | 174 | -5.08 | 446 | -18.61 |
| Libya | 164 | 603.04 | 191 | -8.52 |
| Turkey | 160 | -74.22 | 280 | -87.05 |
| Estonia | 153 | -56.5 | 582 | -11.72 |
| Tanzania | 152 | 39.73 | 378 | 29.11 |
| Latvia | 152 | 55.39 | 705 | 108.86 |
| The Republic of Haiti | 151 | -2.41 | 448 | 3.97 |
| Lithuania | 137 | -14.8 | 409 | 37.17 |
| Costa Rica | 128 | 204.96 | 301 | 42.46 |
| The Kingdom of Bahrain | 119 | 491.89 | 333 | 142.85 |
| Kenya | 113 | 5.61 | 250 | -45.81 |
| Russia | 111 | 119.33 | 473 | 210.01 |
| Cuba | 108 | -33.57 | 272 | 1.44 |
| copper concentrate | 1322560 | 44.81 | 3008138 | 11.23 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Chile | 406926 | 61.83 | 826612 | 2.08 |
| Peru | 223692 | 49.73 | 487871 | 8.82 |
| The US | 121769 | 303.29 | 239143 | 90.86 |
| Mongolia | 103283 | 233.6 | 285116 | 338.37 |
| Mexico | 91156 | 67.31 | 181693 | -14.13 |
| Canada | 62876 | 82 | 121816 | 27.65 |
| Australia | 56416 | -52.68 | 181347 | -33.16 |
| Eritrea | 31490 | -7.78 | 64019 | -0.27 |
| The Philippines | 30479 | 89.94 | 33302 | 5.27 |
| Kazakhstan | 26008 | -2.58 | 64164 | -31.34 |
| Taiwan (China) | 20427 | 184.16 | 23572 | 171.94 |
| Indonesia | 20116 | 93.7 | 30662 | -19.47 |
| Spain | 19722 | - | 19722 | 275.14 |
| Armenia | 12396 | 522.8 | 30184 | 423.83 |
| Oman | 11299 | - | 32937 | 245.35 |
| Brazil | 10925 | 3.75 | 22327 | -60.57 |
| Laos | 10197 | -66.37 | 49325 | -46.66 |
| Mauritania | 9773 | 72.83 | 44788 | 66.9 |
| Turkey | 9563 | -63.27 | 35768 | -25.6 |
| Bolivia | 8298 | 3901.18 | 16795 | 6634.26 |
| Rumania | 6465 | 8335.92 | 11706 | 14 |
| Portugal | 4918 | - | 26695 | 174.9 |
| Morocco | 4435 | 12567.25 | 5989 | 198.45 |
| Dominican Republic | 4167 | 35.16 | 12196 | 11.74 |
| South Africa | 3717 | -55.49 | 3869 | -58.56 |
| Albania | 3127 | -0.37 | 4972 | -26.34 |
| North Korea | 3034 | 120.34 | 5888 | 79.73 |
| Ecuador | 1994 | 446.07 | 3341 | 158.64 |
| Pakistan | 1179 | 65.39 | 2501 | 2.12 |
| Iran | 995 | 546.81 | 55093 | 3516.96 |
| Myanmar | 817 | -45.84 | 2301 | -87.23 |
| Zambia | 605 | -85.23 | 2728 | -83.49 |
| Tanzania | 119 | -60.28 | 1225 | -31.44 |
| The Republic of Namibia | 97 | -97.53 | 3600 | -56.35 |
| Madagascar | 50 | -60 | 207 | -54.48 |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo | 29 | -99.71 | 11366 | 12.8 |
| Copper Semis | 50165 | -0.6 | 133165 | -9.9 |
| Including | ||||
| Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles | 5945 | -6.48 | 15406 | -15.57 |
| Copper Wires | 14332 | 27.13 | 36152 | 1.52 |
| Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips | 10576 | -1.39 | 27820 | -7.73 |
| Copper Foils | 17589 | -13.12 | 49141 | -15.79 |
| Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) | 1412 | -13.18 | 3930 | -16.13 |
| Copper Stranded Wires, Cables | 1095 | 33.44 | 2906 | 6.38 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Refined Copper | 17598 | 25.87 | 57777 | 4 |
| Destination | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 5558 | -10.6 | 12852 | -41.01 |
| Malaysia | 3689 | 367.49 | 15765 | 490.87 |
| Vietnam | 1951 | -26.34 | 10308 | 88.16 |
| Thailand | 1588 | 166.2 | 3788 | 48.43 |
| South Korea | 1498 | 274.84 | 4666 | -65.28 |
| Japan | 1101 | 453.09 | 1301 | -50.75 |
| Bangladesh | 701 | 66.58 | 1197 | 105.96 |
| Hong Kong | 521 | - | 1222 | - |
| Indonesia | 300 | -85.32 | 1000 | -73.23 |
| Spain | 202 | - | 402 | - |
| Poland | 200 | 0.18 | 400 | -33.58 |
| The Philippines | 135 | - | 269 | - |
| Pakistan | 102 | - | 501 | 402.27 |
| Singapore | 49 | -87.55 | 3947 | 896.12 |
| The US | 3 | -53.6 | 8 | -31.61 |
| The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | - | -100 | 150 | 272.75 |
| Copper Anode | 1259 | 433978.28 | 4556 | 9397.95 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 1259 | - | 4056 | - |
| India | - | - | 500 | - |
| copper alloy | 25 | 894.32 | 30 | 475.33 |
| Destination: | ||||
| The United Arab Emirates | 21 | - | 21 | - |
| Thailand | 4 | - | 6 | 500 |
| Australia | - | - | 3 | - |
| Scrap Copper | 11 | -82.67 | 32 | -85.77 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 6 | -85.42 | 15 | -82.49 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | -1.55 | 5 | -43.43 |
| Japan | - | -100 | 12 | -90.18 |
| copper concentrate | 26 | - | 10318 | 38920.47 |
| Destination | ||||
| Italy | 26 | - | 26 | - |
| The Philippines | - | - | 10292 | - |
| Copper Semis | 37278 | -18.1 | 118627 | 2.1 |
| Including | ||||
| Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles | 729 | 29.38 | 2292 | 47.65 |
| Copper Wires | 2825 | 3.64 | 8425 | 33.73 |
| Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips | 2402 | -8.98 | 7382 | 11.75 |
| Copper Foils | 12155 | -26.1 | 34642 | -14.36 |
| Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) | 18879 | -17.14 | 64930 | 7.53 |
| Copper Stranded Wires, Cables | 200 | 39.79 | 1012 | 106.06 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) | ||||
China copper imports and exports
China imports and exports of copper
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