SHANGHAI, June.24 (SMM) -- The General Administration of Customs released on June.23 China's copper imports and exports in May 2015 . (Unit: mt)
| May. | YoY (%) | Jan.– May. | YoY (%) | |
| imported | ||||
| Refined Copper | 275383 | -2.68 | 1423578 | -12.42 |
| Origins | ||||
| Chile | 90761 | -16.8 | 541639 | -1.77 |
| Australia | 30308 | 39.96 | 117891 | -9.68 |
| India | 27058 | 28.92 | 121204 | -20.56 |
| Japan | 17065 | -14 | 113830 | 33.97 |
| The Republic of Congo | 13368 | 32.66 | 35829 | -29.12 |
| Poland | 13208 | 111.47 | 60485 | -9.24 |
| Kazakhstan | 11672 | -12.76 | 71745 | -2.26 |
| South Korea | 9013 | 50.21 | 53839 | 30.8 |
| Peru | 8422 | -36.24 | 42667 | -37.23 |
| Bulgarian | 8206 | 38.06 | 27054 | -33.72 |
| The Philippines | 7098 | 19.62 | 31551 | 373.98 |
| Zambia | 6867 | -69.03 | 23392 | -72.01 |
| Belgium | 5257 | -50.21 | 27205 | -58.96 |
| Russia | 4864 | 197.85 | 19889 | 678.31 |
| Sweden | 4422 | 815.29 | 6898 | 51.09 |
| Laos | 3602 | 349.83 | 10598 | 86.33 |
| Finland | 3019 | 5502.98 | 6241 | -59.92 |
| Germany | 2338 | 116.51 | 11357 | -73.79 |
| Spain | 1499 | - | 6025 | 33.39 |
| South Africa | 1465 | 355.07 | 7131 | 78.93 |
| Brazil | 1388 | -56.18 | 28928 | -37.92 |
| Norway | 1085 | -50.97 | 9513 | -7.5 |
| Indonesia | 940 | 212.59 | 12545 | 560.08 |
| The Republic of Congo | 932 | - | 4236 | 134.87 |
| The Republic of Namibia | 395 | - | 641 | - |
| The United Arab Emirates | 394 | - | 2717 | 315.6 |
| Mexico | 297 | - | 6321 | 280.05 |
| Tanzania | 204 | - | 2493 | 420.68 |
| North Korea | 140 | -30 | 750 | -24.86 |
| Copper Anode | 38120 | -18.22 | 229195 | -15.13 |
| Origins | ||||
| Zambia | 18287 | -13.87 | 98389 | -11.83 |
| Chile | 10115 | -24.09 | 74315 | -28.52 |
| The Republic of Congo | 4475 | -35.2 | 22424 | -4.12 |
| South Africa | 1320 | 22.11 | 5749 | 222.43 |
| Spain | 1009 | - | 3864 | 411.16 |
| Tanzania | 839 | - | 3242 | 72.68 |
| South Korea | 555 | 669.3 | 1488 | 169.08 |
| Taiwan (China) | 474 | -14.91 | 1859 | -21.79 |
| the Republic of Kyrgyzstan | 271 | - | 2348 | - |
| Italy | 252 | -66.59 | 2155 | 7.83 |
| Laos | 137 | - | 435 | 3022.94 |
| Thailand | 121 | -75.18 | 1175 | -50.03 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 86 | -80.78 | 748 | -86.48 |
| Vietnam | 67 | -34.97 | 439 | -26.75 |
| The Gabonese Republic, La République Gabonaise | 49 | - | 232 | - |
| Pakistan | 26 | - | 4235 | -14.14 |
| Peru | 20 | - | 325 | -68.73 |
| The US | 12 | -52.37 | 108 | 43.48 |
| copper alloy | 3185 | -25.76 | 14393 | -32.37 |
| Origins | ||||
| South Korea | 828 | 16.95 | 3516 | 13.09 |
| Japan | 422 | -27.37 | 2176 | -23.51 |
| The US | 310 | 113.29 | 1148 | -15.44 |
| Taiwan (China) | 245 | 81.05 | 653 | -33.37 |
| Estonia | 188 | -48.83 | 647 | -68.17 |
| Latvia | 187 | 566.89 | 529 | 106.87 |
| Germany | 169 | -10.94 | 540 | -28.73 |
| Turkey | 144 | 0.64 | 603 | -33.2 |
| Russia | 138 | -74.09 | 981 | -61.8 |
| Italy | 107 | 717.16 | 264 | 107.52 |
| Ukraine | 106 | -90.34 | 1071 | -71.21 |
| Spain | 79 | 300.52 | 321 | 1432.25 |
| Brazil | 50 | - | 123 | 62.9 |
| Iran | 48 | - | 48 | 89.72 |
| France | 40 | - | 180 | 49.63 |
| Lebanon | 26 | -74.02 | 660 | 171.35 |
| Belgium | 25 | - | 180 | 123.68 |
| Mexico | 21 | 93.46 | 74 | -26.04 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 87.27 | 59 | 491.16 |
| Austria | 12 | 300 | 24 | 242.56 |
| Malaysia | 10 | - | 39 | -17.89 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | -40.61 | 25 | -22.59 |
| Mainland China | 2 | 83.18 | 11 | 249.72 |
| Australia | 1 | 92.86 | 2 | -90.27 |
| Scrap Copper | 284764 | -6.08 | 1375406 | -8.06 |
| Origins | ||||
| The US | 56644 | -14.2 | 253106 | -21.45 |
| Hong Kong | 40714 | -2.25 | 218399 | 23.65 |
| Australia | 27874 | -11.49 | 126325 | -21.3 |
| Japan | 23194 | 8.29 | 89894 | 5.85 |
| Malaysia | 21792 | 3.4 | 100133 | -28.49 |
| Germany | 17333 | 20.76 | 84843 | -1.34 |
| Holland | 17276 | -22.99 | 89917 | -6.83 |
| The UK | 9836 | -41.2 | 67839 | -18.04 |
| South Korea | 7490 | -17 | 24046 | -21.28 |
| The Philippines | 7357 | 46.04 | 33745 | 182.8 |
| France | 6988 | 62.67 | 37429 | 40.03 |
| Spain | 5596 | 29.69 | 24847 | -13.29 |
| Italy | 5533 | 16.27 | 27016 | -0.71 |
| Canada | 5191 | 17.82 | 20787 | -14.73 |
| Mexico | 4688 | -9.45 | 21706 | -4.55 |
| Belgium | 3846 | 31.53 | 17715 | -12.01 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 2198 | 58.28 | 9328 | -1.89 |
| Colombia | 2165 | 11.03 | 11481 | 17.07 |
| South Africa | 1607 | -51.46 | 9766 | -26.86 |
| Chile | 1168 | 3.64 | 6006 | 10.97 |
| Thailand | 1038 | 18.6 | 3179 | -68.56 |
| Denmark | 869 | 67.07 | 4375 | 115.18 |
| Norway | 846 | 10.25 | 3027 | -22.38 |
| Brazil | 835 | 191.71 | 3367 | 56.71 |
| New Zealand | 794 | -0.11 | 3360 | -9.21 |
| Taiwan (China) | 770 | -47.33 | 2851 | -14.4 |
| Portugal | 718 | 15.2 | 4370 | 6.29 |
| Finland | 654 | -19.48 | 3917 | 8.19 |
| The Czech Republic | 654 | 131.1 | 3752 | 89.99 |
| Greece | 603 | -13.88 | 2977 | -40.01 |
| Pakistan | 596 | 351.97 | 2379 | 21.16 |
| Sweden | 526 | -49.58 | 2166 | -53.47 |
| Tunisia | 498 | 92.09 | 2341 | 74.69 |
| Poland | 497 | -20.44 | 2770 | 10.85 |
| Saudi Arabia | 443 | -62.34 | 7642 | 17.64 |
| Hungary | 410 | 99.06 | 2038 | 11.62 |
| The State of Kuwait | 386 | 117.21 | 1418 | 160.67 |
| Bulgarian | 384 | 16.3 | 1531 | -25.75 |
| Rumania | 383 | -50.09 | 2485 | -38.8 |
| Dominican | 380 | 1.89 | 2092 | -3.48 |
| The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | 374 | -55.93 | 1911 | -30.49 |
| Ecuador | 367 | -47.23 | 2273 | -9.93 |
| Georgia | 337 | 14.18 | 1678 | -20.11 |
| Singapore | 241 | -10.82 | 1574 | -17.65 |
| copper concentrate | 984325 | 39.85 | 5019862 | 13.97 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Chile | 296822 | 97.96 | 1385908 | 15.02 |
| Peru | 174293 | 126.42 | 892857 | 21.08 |
| Mongolia | 116687 | 11.42 | 508229 | 108.08 |
| Australia | 53487 | -5.64 | 295028 | -24.07 |
| The US | 48679 | 79.41 | 327933 | 54.3 |
| Mexico | 47724 | -20.04 | 255078 | -28.28 |
| Iran | 32179 | 8391.32 | 129024 | 3845.53 |
| Oman | 30539 | - | 92856 | 873.63 |
| Spain | 30494 | 14.42 | 50216 | -13.16 |
| Indonesia | 25266 | 129.99 | 66019 | 33.71 |
| Canada | 18259 | -14.91 | 149212 | -23 |
| Turkey | 17181 | -13.19 | 78254 | -7.75 |
| Mauritania | 11292 | 4.61 | 79088 | 94.14 |
| The Philippines | 10919 | -55.85 | 55940 | -18.18 |
| Laos | 10163 | - | 89296 | -13.04 |
| Kazakhstan | 10163 | -56.85 | 89170 | -44.77 |
| Armenia | 8950 | 33.38 | 48769 | 199.2 |
| Taiwan (China) | 7861 | - | 41689 | 380.96 |
| Bolivia | 6910 | 2696.31 | 33589 | 5808.2 |
| Myanmar | 5199 | 59.29 | 17344 | -23.53 |
| Portugal | 4524 | -12.15 | 40241 | 170.78 |
| Botswana | 3373 | 74.3 | 21734 | 115.72 |
| North Korea | 3199 | -1.77 | 11647 | 41.61 |
| Malaysia | 2817 | -73.41 | 3343 | -84.37 |
| Congo | 2078 | - | 20636 | 104.79 |
| Dominican | 2037 | -44.48 | 18216 | -2.06 |
| Albania | 1252 | -67.95 | 7444 | -45.32 |
| Ecuador | 958 | 50.6 | 5007 | 146.98 |
| Zambia | 418 | -95.3 | 3827 | -85.75 |
| Copper Semis | 45852 | -9.6 | 228374 | -8.6 |
| Including | ||||
| Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles | 5879 | -10.91 | 27208 | -10.95 |
| Copper Wires | 12100 | 5.19 | 60610 | 4.39 |
| Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips | 9569 | -9.12 | 48542 | -7.76 |
| Copper Foils | 16609 | -17.85 | 83700 | -15.9 |
| Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) | 1395 | -14.05 | 7059 | -9.87 |
| Copper Stranded Wires, Cables | 1073 | 27.49 | 5053 | 9.4 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Refined Copper | 23869 | -15.2 | 105180 | -0.02 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 8536 | 256.5 | 15399 | -34.26 |
| Taiwan (China) | 6272 | -43.2 | 29587 | -23.3 |
| Malaysia | 3184 | 79.88 | 19943 | 247.87 |
| Vietnam | 2322 | -29.7 | 14826 | 26.7 |
| Thailand | 1989 | 397.66 | 7864 | 109.84 |
| Bangladesh | 503 | 385.75 | 2301 | 160.69 |
| Pakistan | 399 | 100.36 | 900 | 201.13 |
| Singapore | 375 | - | 5721 | 1343.86 |
| The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 150 | - | 299 | 646.42 |
| The Philippines | 135 | - | 675 | 579.18 |
| The US | 3 | -52.86 | 12 | -37.27 |
| Copper Anode | 128 | - | 4685 | 9623.66 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 128 | - | 4184 | - |
| India | - | - | 500 | - |
| copper alloy | 1 | -58.93 | 109 | 625.23 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Iran | 1 | - | 1 | -32 |
| Taiwan (China) | - | -100 | 2 | 3589.66 |
| Germany | - | - | 1 | 253.74 |
| Australia | - | - | 3 | - |
| Singapore | - | - | 1 | - |
| Thailand | - | -100 | 10 | 12.54 |
| The United Arab Emirates | - | - | 91 | - |
| Scrap Copper | 45 | -60.91 | 94 | -79.35 |
| Destination | ||||
| Belgium | 22 | 8.64 | 22 | -66.17 |
| Japan | 22 | -75.47 | 38 | -86.31 |
| South Korea | 1 | -67.88 | 18 | -80.33 |
| Hong Kong | - | -100 | 16 | 35.39 |
| copper concentrate | 3647 | - | 13991 | 26528.54 |
| Destination | ||||
| Hong Kong | 3647 | - | 3647 | - |
| South Korea | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Italy | - | - | 52 | - |
| The Philippines | - | - | 10292 | - |
| Copper Semis | 42209 | -15.8 | 205583 | -5 |
| Including | ||||
| Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles | 864 | -3.22 | 4022 | 23.1 |
| Copper Wires | 2648 | -20.17 | 14444 | 16.11 |
| Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips | 2295 | -28.23 | 12335 | -3.94 |
| Copper Foils | 11726 | -23.9 | 58274 | -19.45 |
| Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) | 24419 | -9.69 | 114945 | 0.9 |
| Copper Stranded Wires, Cables | 436 | 106.93 | 1658 | 77.54 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) | ||||
