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China Aluminum Imports and Exports Data March 2016
Apr 22, 2016 16:48The General Administration of Customs Apr.21 released China's imports and exports of primary aluminum,alumina,aluminum semis and bauxite in March 2016 (unit: mt):
SHANGHAI,Apr.22 (SMM) - The General Administration of Customs Apr.21 released China's imports and exports of primary aluminum,alumina,aluminum semis and bauxite in March 2016 (unit: mt):
| Mar. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Mar. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 3,338 | -68.60 | 14,185 | -36.83 |
| Origins | ||||
| Oman | 1,187 | -47.94 | 3,609 | -9.52 |
| New Zealand | 963 | -51.91 | 4,917 | 145.43 |
| Australia | 581 | -75.83 | 3,593 | -51.31 |
| South Korea | 505 | 21,923.19 | 508 | 9,286.33 |
| Taiwan (China) | 41 | 55,078.67 | 85 | 19,299.08 |
| Germany | 34 | -5.44 | 108 | 13.18 |
| Japan | 26 | 120.07 | 40 | -1.11 |
| aluminum alloy | 4,003 | 12.68 | 12,159 | 1.74 |
| Origins | ||||
| The United Arab Emirates | 1,437 | 228.85 | 1,886 | -40.08 |
| Taiwan (China) | 1,118 | 22.99 | 2,505 | -18.52 |
| South Korea | 530 | 161.08 | 1,949 | 179.64 |
| Mainland China | 329 | -46.65 | 1,045 | -15.01 |
| Japan | 223 | -33.44 | 663 | -13.27 |
| Malaysia | 175 | 16.22 | 767 | 54.44 |
| Russia | 106 | -43.91 | 212 | -73.96 |
| The US | 62 | 160.49 | 88 | -41.18 |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | -2.94 | 35 | -23.99 |
| scrap aluminum | 164,406 | -3.56 | 392,236 | -17.03 |
| Origins | ||||
| The US | 48,652 | 1.92 | 121,008 | -9.86 |
| Hong Kong | 32,914 | 27.01 | 74,975 | 9.79 |
| Malaysia | 27,796 | 75.44 | 52,989 | 29.45 |
| Australia | 23,946 | -28.62 | 53,907 | -38.05 |
| Holland | 8,294 | 91.49 | 15,611 | 6.60 |
| The UK | 7,432 | -9.00 | 19,309 | -24.08 |
| Germany | 2,126 | -20.49 | 18,187 | 85.52 |
| Canada | 1,772 | -67.95 | 6,785 | -47.10 |
| Belgium | 1,546 | -49.25 | 5,736 | -49.04 |
| France | 1,446 | -88.40 | 3,127 | -89.67 |
| Sweden | 1,345 | 45.98 | 3,024 | 11.61 |
| Japan | 1,173 | 20.67 | 3,152 | 16.16 |
| Italy | 1,160 | 14.32 | 1,826 | -49.61 |
| South Korea | 832 | 170.56 | 1,372 | 41.08 |
| Spain | 812 | -16.53 | 1,362 | -53.03 |
| Taiwan (China) | 582 | 166.72 | 1,083 | 7.43 |
| Thailand | 526 | - | 2,059 | 1,242.21 |
| Norway | 456 | -56.03 | 1,563 | -29.59 |
| Denmark | 342 | -33.13 | 832 | -49.06 |
| Mexico | 238 | -32.89 | 996 | 40.92 |
| Singapore | 226 | - | 496 | - |
| Peru | 186 | 21.45 | 260 | -39.89 |
| Colombia | 123 | -77.28 | 359 | -77.69 |
| Indonesia | 100 | 34.47 | 223 | 12.69 |
| alumina | 359,833 | 64.88 | 1,239,736 | 32.89 |
| Origins | ||||
| Australia | 153,138 | 36.66 | 703,434 | 54.46 |
| India | 90,427 | 61.08 | 120,987 | -28.31 |
| Vietnam | 67,369 | 118.77 | 136,087 | 9.68 |
| Brazil | 37,527 | 530.90 | 194,830 | 48.26 |
| The US | 6,285 | -36.97 | 36,974 | 262.65 |
| France | 1,790 | 181.19 | 3,521 | 101.24 |
| Japan | 1,409 | -0.79 | 3,665 | 11.83 |
| Germany | 1,242 | 5.68 | 3,033 | -21.05 |
| Indonesia | 320 | - | 780 | 1,850.49 |
| South Korea | 307 | 249.81 | 339 | -19.05 |
| Bauxite | 5,109,253 | 16.08 | 13,633,784 | 36.43 |
| Origins | ||||
| Australia | 1,734,359 | -6.30 | 3,990,217 | -19.16 |
| Malaysia | 1,316,284 | -7.95 | 4,462,911 | 81.97 |
| Guinea | 937,061 | - | 1,692,946 | 636,445,754.51 |
| India | 674,540 | -11.42 | 2,360,915 | 15.62 |
| Brazil | 242,911 | 53.57 | 563,692 | 256.37 |
| Dominican Republic | 142,762 | - | 284,368 | - |
| Republic of Ghana | 61,335 | -41.24 | 224,889 | 3.18 |
| aluminum semis | 31,487 | -24.50 | 90,798 | -21.40 |
| Including | ||||
| Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 5,971 | 5.73 | 15,407 | -4.21 |
| Aluminum wire | 1,053 | 41.99 | 2,377 | 28.99 |
| Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 18,369 | -37.88 | 56,944 | -30.38 |
| aluminum foil | 5,156 | 10.73 | 13,488 | 6.27 |
| Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 817 | -15.03 | 2,247 | -19.49 |
| Aluminum structure and components | 464 | 16.85 | 976 | -16.20 |
| Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 1 | -22.48 | 31 | 594.19 |
| Mar. | YoY (%) | Jan.– | YoY (%) | |
| Exports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 5,196 | -66.73 | 13,346 | -22.85 |
| Destination | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 2,717 | 175.49 | 6,094 | 517.84 |
| South Korea | 2,436 | 10,330.84 | 7,089 | 3,576.73 |
| Japan | 39 | -86.96 | 100 | -75.85 |
| aluminum alloy | 49,783 | 13.57 | 118,977 | -6.25 |
| Destination | ||||
| Japan | 25,981 | 54.45 | 49,495 | 10.71 |
| Hong Kong | 12,782 | -17.87 | 43,893 | -7.70 |
| Vietnam | 2,503 | 24.11 | 5,435 | -20.08 |
| Thailand | 1,991 | 57.59 | 3,867 | 7.64 |
| Taiwan (China) | 1,473 | 2.35 | 3,923 | 15.84 |
| Mexico | 1,077 | 375.24 | 2,199 | 183.63 |
| Brazil | 678 | - | 950 | -10.34 |
| Australia | 674 | -39.65 | 2,345 | -40.99 |
| India | 553 | 1.59 | 1,544 | -18.34 |
| South Korea | 517 | -78.43 | 1,404 | -72.26 |
| The Philippines | 262 | -48.73 | 541 | -57.08 |
| Portugal | 250 | - | 452 | - |
| Norway | 248 | 23.89 | 547 | -24.52 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 220 | 120.00 | 460 | 43.75 |
| Indonesia | 181 | -43.13 | 405 | -59.58 |
| Holland | 177 | -45.72 | 682 | -16.07 |
| scrap aluminum | 65 | -39.32 | 90 | -64.36 |
| Destination | ||||
| Japan | 53 | - | 53 | 214.30 |
| South Korea | 10 | -89.01 | 20 | -90.95 |
| Pakistan | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| alumina | 6,018 | 329.84 | 21,572 | 117.92 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | 2,352 | 698.71 | 4,602 | 27.71 |
| North Korea | 2,051 | 45,475.33 | 2,051 | 2.26 |
| The US | 329 | 166.09 | 932 | -11.60 |
| Taiwan (China) | 166 | 87.94 | 442 | 82.88 |
| Nigeria | 158 | - | 449 | 316.06 |
| India | 135 | 2,145.00 | 343 | 215.75 |
| Iran | 118 | 102.00 | 10,402 | 3,696.36 |
| Russia | 102 | -32.60 | 314 | 8.55 |
| aluminum semis | 360,000 | 20.60 | 950,000 | -11.40 |
| Including | ||||
| Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 103,972 | 106.28 | 276,749 | 51.85 |
| Aluminum wire | 1,980 | -9.46 | 5,552 | -20.39 |
| Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 150,166 | -8.54 | 389,663 | -36.18 |
| aluminum foil | 93,808 | 26.24 | 246,302 | 9.02 |
| Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 9,773 | 40.28 | 28,099 | -33.61 |
| Aluminum structure and components | 58,253 | 23.39 | 171,623 | -5.62 |
| Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 9,668 | -51.94 | 42,329 | -37.41 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) | ||||
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