| Apr. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Apr. | YoY (%) | |
| imported | ||||
| Refined Copper | 341677 | 3.65 | 1452219 | 26.51 |
| Origins | ||||
| Chile | 149143 | 14.99 | 525032 | 16.58 |
| Japan | 22217 | -31.63 | 99357 | 2.68 |
| India | 19902 | -23.2 | 88929 | -5.54 |
| Kazakhstan | 19221 | 49.33 | 78442 | 30.58 |
| Brazil | 17391 | 66.42 | 43953 | 59.6 |
| Australia | 13488 | -47.73 | 91318 | 4.27 |
| Congo | 13278 | 121.85 | 80439 | 258.13 |
| Russia | 10069 | 44.4 | 52771 | 251.23 |
| Peru | 8916 | 4.66 | 56660 | 65.45 |
| Belgium | 7126 | 39.79 | 33972 | 54.79 |
| South Korea | 7098 | -41.47 | 47115 | 5.11 |
| Zambia | 6210 | 17.2 | 32053 | 91.64 |
| Poland | 5356 | -49.22 | 53436 | 13.03 |
| Bulgarian | 5090 | -45.89 | 22932 | 21.67 |
| Sweden | 4151 | 178.59 | 4400 | 77.71 |
| Iran | 3987 | - | 5485 | - |
| Germany | 3413 | 68.13 | 10784 | 19.57 |
| Mexico | 3393 | 36.54 | 19120 | 217.38 |
| The Philippines | 3381 | -51.5 | 6491 | -73.46 |
| Canada | 3371 | - | 33248 | - |
| South Africa | 2890 | 285.09 | 9367 | 65.3 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 2490 | 5755.7 | 5508 | 137.13 |
| Mainland China | 1915 | 382869.8 | 3036 | -7.1 |
| Laos | 1707 | 22.23 | 7635 | 9.13 |
| Uzbekistan | 1613 | - | 3806 | - |
| Myanmar | 1000 | -53.51 | 7500 | 140.63 |
| Indonesia | 921 | -65.92 | 3717 | -67.97 |
| Mongolia | 600 | - | 2202 | 99.86 |
| The Republic of Namibia | 494 | - | 1015 | 312.43 |
| Norway | 476 | -83 | 3647 | -56.73 |
| Austria | 351 | - | 351 | - |
| Republic of the Congo | 209 | 48.82 | 1448 | -56.18 |
| Tanzania | 197 | - | 1267 | -44.51 |
| Spain | 197 | -90.15 | 12197 | 169.5 |
| North Korea | 168 | -11.56 | 610 | 0.07 |
| Cameroon | 112 | - | 279 | - |
| Turkey | 72 | - | 96 | 100 |
| The US | 40 | 30.42 | 672 | -92.54 |
| Georgia | 24 | - | 48 | - |
| Malaysia | 3 | -74.95 | 26 | -13.29 |
| Taiwan (China) | 1 | - | 1 | -86.7 |
| The Republic of Mozambique | - | - | 952 | 357.18 |
| Thailand | - | - | 52 | - |
| Finland | - | -100 | 851 | -73.6 |
| Copper Anode | 57675 | 24.77 | 248463 | 30.08 |
| Origins | ||||
| Zambia | 34149 | 41.48 | 123058 | 53.68 |
| Chile | 12484 | -12.02 | 79993 | 24.61 |
| Congo | 5450 | 186.01 | 20829 | 16.2 |
| South Africa | 1129 | -51.23 | 5835 | 31.75 |
| Tanzania | 1056 | - | 1056 | -56.02 |
| Belgium | 722 | - | 3443 | - |
| Canada | 516 | -33.51 | 587 | -65.55 |
| Italy | 485 | -35.83 | 1486 | -21.91 |
| Taiwan (China) | 376 | 7.73 | 1378 | -0.44 |
| South Korea | 296 | 80.15 | 1139 | 22.06 |
| Pakistan | 276 | 69.37 | 3655 | -13.17 |
| Mexico | 203 | 3814.38 | 214 | -10.02 |
| Thailand | 194 | -29.66 | 818 | -22.43 |
| Laos | 186 | 181.21 | 618 | 107.25 |
| Vietnam | 65 | -59.34 | 88 | -76.33 |
| Peru | 24 | - | 2160 | 616.11 |
| Republic of the Congo | 24 | -67.71 | 98 | -15.29 |
| The Gabonese Republic | 24 | - | 95 | -48.2 |
| The US | 11 | -59.24 | 66 | -30.89 |
| Japan | 2 | -89.29 | 3 | -93.27 |
| Georgia | - | -100 | 24 | -62.85 |
| North Korea | - | - | 31 | 113.16 |
| The United Arab Emirates | - | -100 | 118 | -82.24 |
| Turkey | - | - | 21 | 4.73 |
| Iran | - | -100 | 386 | -45.79 |
| Poland | - | - | 42 | - |
| France | - | -100 | 22 | 2801.81 |
| The Republic of Namibia | - | - | 1199 | - |
| copper alloy | 3604 | 12.93 | 12511 | 11.62 |
| Origins | ||||
| South Korea | 527 | -43.23 | 1990 | -25.94 |
| Russia | 399 | 172.19 | 954 | 13.23 |
| Japan | 363 | -19.38 | 1574 | -10.24 |
| Taiwan (China) | 253 | 256.81 | 651 | 59.45 |
| Yemen | 234 | - | 638 | - |
| Lebanon | 218 | 79.05 | 667 | 5.17 |
| Turkey | 217 | 31.85 | 1243 | 171.22 |
| Estonia | 192 | 75.7 | 465 | 1.24 |
| Kazakhstan | 170 | - | 427 | 2073.73 |
| Indonesia | 122 | - | 248 | - |
| The United Arab Emirates | 117 | - | 160 | 65.84 |
| Lithuania | 112 | 80.56 | 408 | 557.93 |
| Ukraine | 106 | -0.16 | 660 | -31.58 |
| The US | 95 | -73.95 | 377 | -54.92 |
| Uzbekistan | 71 | - | 118 | 125.96 |
| Holland | 67 | 16925.58 | 96 | 10912.3 |
| Spain | 62 | -23.34 | 267 | 10.47 |
| Latvia | 54 | -22.25 | 332 | -3.21 |
| Cameroon | 52 | - | 79 | - |
| The Gabonese Republic | 47 | - | 99 | - |
| France | 38 | -5.4 | 138 | -1.52 |
| The Arab Republic of Egypt | 27 | - | 103 | - |
| Brazil | 26 | -46.13 | 26 | -63.9 |
| Mexico | 15 | -7.57 | 106 | 99.96 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 233.33 | 32 | 10.34 |
| Italy | 6 | -94.03 | 88 | -43.67 |
| Austria | 3 | - | 6 | -50 |
| Germany | 1 | -99 | 119 | -67.91 |
| Canada | 0 | -71.43 | 20 | 4.67 |
| The UK | 0 | -98.14 | 90 | -41.33 |
| Mainland China | 0 | -99.88 | 6 | -37.71 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | -83.33 | 1 | 127.6 |
| Peru | - | - | 23 | 0.57 |
| New Zealand | - | - | 26 | -36.7 |
| Thailand | - | - | 23 | - |
| Laos | - | - | 15 | - |
| Iran | - | - | 23 | - |
| Republic of the Congo | - | - | 21 | - |
| Rumania | - | - | 2 | - |
| Belgium | - | -100 | 27 | -82.56 |
| Tunisia | - | -100 | 162 | 72.59 |
| Scrap Copper | 271706 | -12.2 | 1013684 | -7.06 |
| Origins | ||||
| Hong Kong | 52475 | 12.59 | 200346 | 12.82 |
| The US | 48694 | -16.89 | 172797 | -12.05 |
| Australia | 39098 | 36.14 | 132672 | 34.76 |
| Japan | 21650 | -25.54 | 60082 | -9.92 |
| The UK | 16388 | -2.67 | 54673 | -5.74 |
| Holland | 15771 | -7.47 | 63616 | -12.42 |
| Malaysia | 11392 | -49.15 | 69005 | -11.92 |
| Germany | 8464 | -49.47 | 46596 | -30.98 |
| South Korea | 8315 | 5.27 | 27254 | 62.6 |
| Thailand | 5189 | 1887.99 | 15224 | 611.16 |
| Mexico | 5170 | 19.02 | 17632 | 3.61 |
| Italy | 5127 | -21.78 | 15334 | -28.62 |
| France | 4165 | -23.04 | 13887 | -54.38 |
| Spain | 3888 | -32.36 | 16782 | -12.82 |
| Canada | 3547 | -29.58 | 15575 | -0.14 |
| Belgium | 2934 | -23.45 | 12808 | -7.65 |
| Colombia | 1798 | -29.08 | 6901 | -25.92 |
| The Philippines | 1719 | -81.14 | 5847 | -77.84 |
| Chile | 1224 | 21.46 | 5835 | 20.61 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 1206 | -22.73 | 5118 | -28.21 |
| Brazil | 946 | 123.51 | 3469 | 36.99 |
| Portugal | 896 | -3.81 | 2664 | -27.06 |
| Taiwan (China) | 824 | -20.78 | 1823 | -12.4 |
| Singapore | 681 | 22.46 | 1854 | 39.17 |
| Denmark | 559 | -11.13 | 1669 | -52.41 |
| Norway | 546 | -2.5 | 2275 | 4.33 |
| South Africa | 542 | -76.82 | 2724 | -66.61 |
| New Zealand | 528 | -26.92 | 2143 | -16.47 |
| Finland | 506 | -55.11 | 2024 | -37.96 |
| The Czech Republic | 441 | -37.17 | 1538 | -50.36 |
| Mainland China | 421 | 908.33 | 1325 | 245.06 |
| Rumania | 397 | 34.28 | 1955 | -6.98 |
| Qatar | 393 | 107.4 | 937 | 0.58 |
| Greece | 386 | -1.38 | 1613 | -32.06 |
| Sweden | 358 | -7.43 | 1946 | 18.65 |
| Saudi Arabia | 346 | -62.86 | 1325 | -81.6 |
| Pakistan | 320 | 64.54 | 1417 | -20.5 |
| Poland | 305 | -68.23 | 1719 | -24.39 |
| Hungary | 283 | -51.68 | 993 | -39.04 |
| Peru | 269 | 78.81 | 1095 | 16.55 |
| Israel | 221 | -37.68 | 811 | -28.29 |
| Nigeria | 220 | -29.39 | 461 | -48.83 |
| Lithuania | 214 | 46.5 | 1814 | 226.77 |
| Indonesia | 208 | 18.73 | 808 | 132.72 |
| Lebanon | 201 | -6.79 | 890 | 68.71 |
| Georgia | 185 | -49.63 | 1278 | -4.74 |
| Latvia | 181 | -48.99 | 500 | -52.88 |
| The Republic of Panama | 181 | 77.8 | 393 | -28.37 |
| The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | 179 | -58.91 | 961 | -37.48 |
| Dominican | 177 | -58.93 | 1248 | -27.1 |
| The Slovak Republic | 147 | 1.19 | 465 | -29.79 |
| Cuba | 135 | 13.12 | 489 | 24.89 |
| The Republic of Nicaragua | 130 | 541.9 | 280 | 48.65 |
| Ecuador | 130 | -75.85 | 1492 | -21.7 |
| Honduras | 122 | -40.72 | 494 | -40.56 |
| Austria | 101 | - | 251 | - |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 96 | -32.41 | 399 | -8.25 |
| Paraguay | 91 | -53.48 | 744 | -38.05 |
| Vietnam | 88 | - | 136 | 172.18 |
| Bulgarian | 69 | -56.69 | 854 | -25.52 |
| Yemen | 67 | 70.87 | 297 | 416 |
| Turkey | 64 | 243.62 | 630 | 111.18 |
| Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | 62 | - | 211 | 10.31 |
| The Republic of Haiti | 49 | -71.88 | 405 | -35.1 |
| Jamaica | 39 | -61.47 | 169 | -24.52 |
| The Kingdom of Bahrain | 38 | -50.81 | 149 | -63.66 |
| Cyprus | 38 | - | 326 | 99.16 |
| Estonia | 26 | -63.21 | 74 | -88.61 |
| Macao | 25 | -87.18 | 394 | -95.34 |
| Swiss | 25 | - | 96 | - |
| The Independent State of Papua New Guinea | 19 | -53.97 | 19 | -81.88 |
| Costa Rica | 19 | -86.56 | 272 | -38.86 |
| Jordan | - | -100 | 47 | 7.34 |
| The State of Kuwait | - | -100 | 161 | -84.43 |
| The Oriental Republic of Uruguay | - | -100 | 375 | 26.53 |
| Tanzania | - | -100 | 113 | -77.79 |
| New Caledonia | - | - | 20 | -50.61 |
| Iran | - | - | 81 | -45.42 |
| Ireland | - | -100 | 54 | -63.08 |
| Armenia | - | - | 52 | - |
| Malta | - | - | 68 | - |
| Russia | - | - | 83 | -82.5 |
| Slovenia | - | - | 192 | 36.37 |
| Republic of Ghana | - | - | 28 | -80.65 |
| Morocco | - | -100 | 109 | -95.45 |
| copper concentrate | 1262357 | 21.71 | 5265394 | 30.81 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Chile | 362344 | 38.02 | 1449232 | 33.21 |
| Peru | 299618 | 24.48 | 1295018 | 80.7 |
| Mongolia | 139127 | 30.73 | 532535 | 35.92 |
| Australia | 78206 | 29.51 | 266362 | 10.72 |
| Mexico | 64989 | 154.71 | 318953 | 54.39 |
| The US | 54581 | 36.71 | 128571 | -53.63 |
| Spain | 52275 | - | 133465 | 583.88 |
| Canada | 48341 | 471.9 | 151956 | 16.86 |
| Iran | 40788 | -0.83 | 130999 | 36.42 |
| Eritrea | 20133 | -7.39 | 47530 | -44.5 |
| Armenia | 16461 | 70.14 | 81432 | 104.44 |
| Kazakhstan | 10901 | -26.56 | 39145 | -50.53 |
| Laos | 10173 | -65.8 | 89813 | 13.74 |
| Rumania | 7516 | 3593.76 | 12682 | 6.54 |
| Mauritania | 7509 | -67.52 | 73279 | 8.24 |
| Taiwan (China) | 7074 | -31.04 | 14527 | -56.8 |
| The Philippines | 6400 | -44.45 | 68255 | 52.6 |
| Colombia | 5896 | - | 5896 | 940.22 |
| Portugal | 5464 | -39.28 | 44436 | 24.42 |
| Georgia | 5351 | - | 5351 | 123.22 |
| Turkey | 4745 | -81.3 | 56911 | -6.86 |
| Morocco | 3754 | -40.87 | 16394 | 33.22 |
| Malaysia | 2081 | 689.27 | 22114 | 4105.85 |
| Dominican | 2024 | -49.3 | 12057 | -25.5 |
| North Korea | 1967 | -23.14 | 10629 | 25.82 |
| Thailand | 1174 | - | 4350 | 6166.94 |
| Myanmar | 1063 | -89.2 | 2490 | -79.5 |
| Albania | 820 | -32.77 | 4753 | -23.24 |
| Ecuador | 581 | -17.99 | 4775 | 17.95 |
| Bolivia | 448 | -95.51 | 14531 | -45.84 |
| Zambia | 336 | -50.02 | 2683 | -20.03 |
| Pakistan | 168 | -75.08 | 657 | -79.33 |
| Madagascar | 50 | -46.38 | 738 | 145.75 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | 20814 | 199.69 |
| South Korea | - | - | 4401 | -26.65 |
| India | - | - | 11344 | - |
| Nigeria | - | -100 | 211 | 155.62 |
| Oman | - | -100 | 20290 | -67.24 |
| Indonesia | - | -100 | 99666 | 143.96 |
| Botswana | - | -100 | 3307 | -81.88 |
| South Africa | - | - | 5180 | 33.44 |
| Bulgarian | - | -100 | 11689 | 8643.01 |
| Tanzania | - | -100 | 1448 | -2.63 |
| Holland | - | - | 9727 | -9.87 |
| Russia | - | - | 1104 | - |
| Brazil | - | -100 | 32774 | 4.61 |
| The Republic of Namibia | - | -100 | 511 | -86.53 |
| Kenya | - | - | 412 | - |
| Copper Semis | 46726 | -4.7 | 170456 | -6.4 |
| Including | ||||
| Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles | 5368 | -9.34 | 20131 | -5.62 |
| Copper Wires | 12181 | 1.35 | 43889 | -8.89 |
| Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips | 10800 | -3.18 | 36017 | -7.59 |
| Copper Foils | 16010 | -10.81 | 62896 | -6.25 |
| Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) | 1991 | 14.87 | 6167 | 8.9 |
| Copper Stranded Wires, Cables | 1403 | 30.68 | 5663 | 42.31 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Refined Copper | 32371 | 37.55 | 75495 | -7.15 |
| Destination | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 12646 | 20.86 | 22756 | -2.4 |
| Singapore | 6114 | 337.07 | 16803 | 214.32 |
| Malaysia | 3082 | 210.01 | 10764 | -35.77 |
| South Korea | 3079 | 40.14 | 5117 | -25.44 |
| Japan | 2297 | 76.45 | 2520 | -3.17 |
| Thailand | 1891 | -9.37 | 4583 | -21.99 |
| Vietnam | 1611 | -26.62 | 5767 | -53.88 |
| Indonesia | 699 | 74.2 | 4096 | 192.46 |
| Bangladesh | 500 | -16.75 | 575 | -68.05 |
| Pakistan | 200 | - | 1498 | 198.94 |
| The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka | 150 | - | 600 | 301.16 |
| Mexico | 100 | - | 100 | - |
| The US | 3 | 669.23 | 12 | 35.29 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | - | 100 | - |
| North Korea | - | - | 3 | - |
| Poland | - | - | 201 | -49.63 |
| Copper Anode | - | -100 | 2647 | -41.91 |
| Destination | ||||
| Hong Kong | - | - | 2647 | - |
| copper alloy | 7 | -91.62 | 9 | -91.31 |
| Destination | ||||
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China Copper Imports and Exports Data April 2016
SHANGHAI, May 23 (SMM) -- The General Administration of Customs released on May 23 China's copper imports and exports in April 2016. (Unit: mt)