SHANGHAI, Apr.21 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's March 2016 imports and exports of nickel on Apr.21 (Unit: mt)
| Mar. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Mar. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 43,220 | 648.47 | 108,587 | 347.73 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Russia | 29,831 | 845.36 | 73,772 | 476.00 |
| Canada | 2,952 | 146.56 | 9,081 | 104.24 |
| Norway | 2,837 | 8,495.74 | 6,408 | 3,726.68 |
| South Africa | 1,950 | - | 5,175 | 249.63 |
| Japan | 1,730 | 202.51 | 4,719 | 63.89 |
| Australia | 1,284 | 3,423.97 | 3,053 | 801.67 |
| Madagascar | 660 | 170.49 | 1,044 | 18.10 |
| Taiwan (China) | 618 | 493.32 | 1,228 | 295.92 |
| Finland | 470 | 7,726.97 | 1,058 | 4,936.16 |
| The UK | 339 | 19.11 | 777 | 40.38 |
| Mainland China | 258 | 105.61 | 1,063 | 211.07 |
| Brazil | 180 | - | 368 | - |
| South Korea | 101 | 9,958.80 | 409 | 13,152.94 |
| Nickel Ore | 1,493,067 | -15.52 | 3,164,049 | -18.24 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The Philippines | 1,402,111 | -17.62 | 2,903,662 | -21.04 |
| Indonesia | 33,047 | -1.64 | 33,047 | -1.64 |
| Australia | 15,508 | 8.61 | 60,625 | 7.81 |
| South Africa | 12,318 | - | 12,318 | 49,271,112.00 |
| Russia | 10,619 | 212,373,460.00 | 27,185 | 543,707,980.00 |
| The US | 9,950 | - | 9,950 | -29.22 |
| Vietnam | 5,488 | -14.12 | 16,405 | -25.69 |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | 4,026 | 7.44 | 12,475 | 10.91 |
| ferronickel | 67,392 | 73.61 | 187,534 | 54.69 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Indonesia | 41,407 | 11,778.35 | 112,506 | 1,625.82 |
| Colombia | 9,903 | 39.50 | 19,975 | 62.38 |
| New Caledonia | 8,290 | -23.39 | 24,769 | -9.34 |
| Brazil | 4,181 | 126.03 | 12,996 | 104.55 |
| Japan | 1,606 | -72.83 | 8,837 | -56.34 |
| South Korea | 1,374 | -61.37 | 2,126 | -71.53 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 631 | - | 1,141 | - |
| Exports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 733 | -76.24 | 2,499 | -79.79 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 501 | 210.60 | 1,527 | 72.13 |
| South Korea | 108 | 535.11 | 200 | -47.99 |
| Pakistan | 42 | 566.39 | 55 | 102.29 |
| The US | 22 | -94.25 | 138 | -83.90 |
| Vietnam | 21 | -29.75 | 44 | -11.77 |
| Iran | 20 | - | 20 | - |
| Japan | 20 | -66.54 | 24 | -85.07 |
| ferronickel | - | - | 325 | 114.10 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | - | - | 325 | - |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) | ||||