SHANGHAI, Nov.23 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's October imports and exports of nickel on Nov.24 (Unit: mt)
| Oct. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Oct. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 33,689 | 651.13 | 239,283 | 105.47 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Russia | 23,472 | 890.06 | 152,651 | 124.19 |
| Norway | 3,103 | 8,960.37 | 8,941 | 151.40 |
| Canada | 2,526 | 327.86 | 22,634 | 33.34 |
| Japan | 1,569 | 393.40 | 12,648 | 74.20 |
| Taiwan (China) | 1,022 | 366,349.82 | 4,919 | 61.36 |
| South Africa | 990 | 64.55 | 8,994 | 81.41 |
| Madagascar | 500 | 400.00 | 4,350 | 1,675.51 |
| Australia | 244 | 968.18 | 4,919 | 62.03 |
| The UK | 143 | -28.34 | 1,872 | 3.62 |
| Brazil | 100 | - | 770 | -67.21 |
| Finland | 13 | -90.14 | 794 | -81.53 |
| Nickel Ore | 3,303,702 | -20.64 | 30,800,779 | -27.37 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The Philippines | 3,208,204 | -22.26 | 29,957,871 | -4.22 |
| Spain | 38,091 | - | 111,280 | 37.70 |
| Brazil | 12,989 | - | 71,299 | 108.84 |
| Australia | 12,098 | -9.26 | 186,749 | 4.54 |
| Finland | 11,548 | 6.72 | 42,680 | -39.12 |
| Canada | 7,225 | - | 41,273 | 4,829.97 |
| Vietnam | 6,863 | 11.51 | 70,112 | 26.82 |
| Russia | 6,048 | - | 40,512 | - |
| Tanzania | 427 | - | 1,987 | - |
| Mexico | 208 | - | 966 | 507.35 |
| ferronickel | 62,665 | 104.03 | 563,346 | 143.83 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Colombia | 5,677 | 66.46 | 54,356 | 29.33 |
| New Caledonia | 5,181 | 17.20 | 82,998 | 62.70 |
| Macedonia | 4,574 | 30.25 | 39,174 | 111.74 |
| Japan | 3,041 | 231.89 | 61,993 | 64.04 |
| Brazil | 2,198 | 9.02 | 41,602 | 38.98 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 1,585 | - | 7,418 | - |
| Venezuela | 1,256 | 8.26 | 4,520 | 289.70 |
| Ukraine | 108 | - | 12,182 | - |
| South Korea | 0 | -99.76 | 17,318 | 19,472.19 |
| The US | 0 | - | 1 | 426.34 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 3,910 | -58.96 | 37,712 | -62.37 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Belgium | 1,460 | 23.70 | 5,501 | -22.08 |
| India | 1,066 | 65.61 | 6,815 | -24.69 |
| Taiwan (China) | 700 | 106.34 | 4,781 | 24.06 |
| South Korea | 289 | 382.28 | 5,223 | -46.98 |
| Italy | 200 | 11.11 | 2,580 | 79.17 |
| Spain | 120 | - | 1,200 | - |
| The United Arab Emirates | 24 | - | 397 | 14.52 |
| Japan | 20 | -93.29 | 420 | -77.11 |
| Iran | 20 | - | 95 | 4,731,300.00 |
| Pakistan | 11 | - | 116 | 172.33 |
| ferronickel | - | -100.00 | 5,449 | -56.95 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | - | -100.00 | 4,998 | -50.13 |
| Japan | - | - | 451 | 37.03 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) |

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