China Nickel Imports and Exports Data May 2015

Published: Jun 24, 2015 10:22

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The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's May imports and exports of nickel on June.23 (Unit: mt)

SHANGHAI, June.24 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's May imports and exports of nickel on June.23 (Unit: mt)

	May.	YoY (%)	Jan.– May.	YoY (%)
Imports:
Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy)	23,476	129.89	65,963	1.92
Origins:
Russia	16,385	153.96	39,604	6.18
Mainland China	2,334	-	4,429	-
Canada	2,293	62.72	9,535	-0.99
Japan	1,334	151.32	4,800	22.28
Madagascar	238	1,090.00	1,584	6,236.00
Australia	228	-47.89	1,174	-20.15
South Africa	200	-	3,030	-21.42
The UK	198	-7.93	880	5.62
Norway	148	-32.91	432	-85.58
Taiwan (China)	100	-34.37	410	-57.41
Finland	18	-	55	-97.46
Nickel Ore	3,247,217	-19.28	10,175,805	-47.56
Origins:
The Philippines	3,219,633	-18.15	9,887,132	14.15
Australia	14,566	-57.54	89,956	-17.76
Russia	5,970	-	11,920	-
Vietnam	4,936	47.08	38,083	94.49
Republic of Zimbabwe	2,112	-61.71	16,446	-59.66
ferronickel	61,551	246.87	258,636	111.11
Origins:
Indonesia	21,020	-	55,202	-
Colombia	10,350	244.40	28,420	-3.16
Brazil	6,687	62.02	17,712	-7.41
Japan	5,766	170.83	33,883	7.21
New Caledonia	4,442	-22.48	38,274	44.65
Macedonia	4,409	-	20,242	207.96
South Korea	4,023	-	17,297	31,742.96
Myanmar	2,976	12.73	36,078	304.96
Ukraine	1,469	-	1,469	-
The Republic of Guatemala	402	-	1,264	-
Australia	6	-	991	-
Exports:
Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy)	6,251	-13.87	25,646	-5.47
Destination:
South Korea	1,645	1,708.00	4,096	639.72
Hong Kong	1,056	-64.74	2,852	-53.51
Holland	800	233.22	3,474	184.87
Taiwan (China)	638	194.17	1,745	15.40
Belgium	620	10.86	2,781	-23.60
India	475	-42.96	4,629	242.07
The US	319	-71.81	1,261	-39.67
Italy	300	-11.76	1,340	148.15
The United Arab Emirates	129	12,764.40	325	32.33
Spain	120	-	600	-
Turkey	69	39.76	258	-6.68
Pakistan	29	173.31	67	109.48
Vietnam	23	-	90	339.83
Japan	21	-90.28	282	-62.77
The Philippines	7	16.67	25	4.17
ferronickel	-	-100.00	5,150	-44.66
Destination:
South Korea	-	-100.00	4,998	-28.08
Japan	-	-	152	-53.84
Note: “-” means data is unavailable.
(Source: China Customs)
(Edited by SMM)

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