SHANGHAI,Sep.22 (SMM)--The General Administration of Customs on Sep.21 released China's imports and exports of refined zinc and other zinc products for August 2015.(unit:mt):
| Aug. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Aug. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| refined zinc | 33,728 | -42.48 | 265,619 | -44.64 |
| Origins: | ||||
| South Korea | 12,845 | 190.41 | 46,467 | 214.35 |
| Kazakhstan | 11,061 | -31.26 | 101,901 | 6.60 |
| Japan | 3,416 | 895.53 | 10,932 | 99.83 |
| Peru | 2,842 | 13.79 | 7,936 | -70.79 |
| Australia | 2,108 | -82.65 | 22,522 | -80.43 |
| Myanmar | 1,000 | - | 1,950 | - |
| Canada | 332 | 33.34 | 6,324 | 164.64 |
| The US | 70 | 1.29 | 453 | 4.15 |
| Iran | 49 | 4.15 | 473 | -17.70 |
| Taiwan (China) | 6 | - | 68 | -19.45 |
| India | - | - | 65,483 | 252.27 |
| Chile | - | - | 145 | 510.56 |
| Brazil | - | - | 300 | -70.04 |
| Mexico | - | - | 598 | -87.87 |
| North Korea | - | - | 67 | -99.51 |
| zinc alloy | 8,398 | -9.15 | 69,352 | -2.38 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Australia | 3,890 | -23.73 | 32,525 | 0.75 |
| South Korea | 3,171 | 21.17 | 22,321 | -15.88 |
| Japan | 890 | 12.06 | 9,409 | 61.26 |
| Taiwan (China) | 270 | -31.81 | 2,493 | -29.93 |
| Hong Kong | 69 | -75.61 | 1,303 | -28.87 |
| Vietnam | 50 | - | 510 | - |
| Belgium | 46 | 9.23 | 536 | 1.48 |
| Mainland China | 8 | -37.78 | 208 | -19.66 |
| Thailand | 5 | - | 5 | -97.38 |
| Germany | 0 | -50.00 | 20 | 167258.33 |
| Malaysia | - | - | 1 | - |
| Lebanon | - | - | 20 | - |
| Zinc Ores | 291,457 | 102.53 | 2,013,956 | 61.38 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Australia | 98,540 | 91.02 | 777,066 | 54.84 |
| Peru | 68,738 | 40.78 | 604,483 | 92.88 |
| Spain | 12,697 | - | 21,637 | 119.55 |
| South Africa | 11,360 | - | 29,109 | -10.90 |
| Ireland | 10,644 | - | 29,805 | -40.64 |
| Indonesia | 10,511 | 7087.04 | 31,150 | 268.74 |
| Sweden | 9,540 | - | 14,016 | 98.07 |
| Bolivia | 9,292 | 897.60 | 66,108 | 552.73 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9,275 | 29.57 | 24,888 | 77.48 |
| Iran | 8,373 | - | 18,058 | -31.54 |
| Kazakhstan | 6,823 | 43.97 | 39,337 | -12.47 |
| North Korea | 5,790 | 333.58 | 29,312 | 187.93 |
| Mongolia | 5,513 | -49.98 | 63,510 | 154.07 |
| Russia | 5,445 | - | 40,269 | - |
| Morocco | 5,317 | -11.83 | 44,384 | 148.17 |
| Chile | 3,917 | 467.68 | 37,103 | 196.93 |
| Nigeria | 3,397 | 251.10 | 19,767 | 168.33 |
| South Korea | 2,102 | - | 19,073 | 7.47 |
| Myanmar | 2,000 | 7.17 | 21,275 | -4.53 |
| Thailand | 981 | 267.28 | 8,423 | 137.20 |
| Mexico | 681 | 0.77 | 13,148 | -61.94 |
| Turkey | 475 | -92.68 | 13,184 | -59.82 |
| Vietnam | 46 | -91.93 | 3,609 | 90.23 |
| Burkina Faso | - | - | 27,133 | 137.82 |
| The Philippines | - | - | 44 | -80.06 |
| Canada | - | - | 1 | -100.00 |
| Madagascar | - | - | 253 | - |
| India | - | - | 18 | - |
| Armenia | - | - | 2,527 | 65.57 |
| Albania | - | - | 2,867 | - |
| The Democratic Republic of Congo | - | - | 978 | -11.22 |
| Argentina | - | - | 276 | 84.65 |
| Serbia | - | - | 1,291 | 534.58 |
| Belgium | - | - | 9,853 | 742.14 |
| Exports: | ||||
| refined zinc | 5,923 | -72.10 | 86,635 | 141.39 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 2,636 | -75.66 | 35,730 | 143.50 |
| Indonesia | 971 | - | 9,549 | 867983.27 |
| Vietnam | 716 | 78.18 | 5,159 | 912.56 |
| South Korea | 598 | -40.17 | 6,639 | 186.14 |
| Tanzania | 504 | - | 1,002 | - |
| The United Arab Emirates | 202 | - | 3,268 | 32.19 |
| Thailand | 199 | -33.74 | 2,672 | 565.58 |
| Ukraine | 49 | - | 49 | - |
| Malaysia | 47 | -99.15 | 2,208 | -72.12 |
| Brazil | - | - | 25 | - |
| The Arab Republic of Egypt | - | - | 1 | - |
| Spain | - | - | 100 | - |
| Estonia | - | - | 1 | - |
| Belgium | - | - | 150 | - |
| The Republic of Mozambique | - | - | 40 | - |
| Ethiopia | - | -100.00 | 17 | -89.16 |
| Guinea | - | - | 2 | - |
| Iran | - | - | 5 | - |
| Mongolia | - | - | 10 | - |
| India | - | -100.00 | 14,821 | 1244.98 |
| Myanmar | - | - | 99 | 2062.51 |
| Hong Kong | - | -100.00 | 100 | -96.07 |
| Singapore | - | -100.00 | 814 | -72.81 |
| Bangladesh | - | -100.00 | 1,803 | 178.91 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | 1,679 | - |
| Pakistan | - | - | 136 | 1256.52 |
| The Philippines | - | - | 556 | 2676.24 |
| Note:“-”meansdataisunavailable. | ||||
| (Source:ChinaCustoms) | ||||
| (EditedbySMM) | ||||