SHANGHAI, Nov.25 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's October 2016 imports and exports of nickel on Nov.25 (Unit: mt)
| Oct. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Oct. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 15,042 | -55.35 | 334,691 | 39.87 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Russia | 5,745 | -75.53 | 210,153 | 37.67 |
| Australia | 2,951 | 1,107.37 | 19,617 | 298.80 |
| South Africa | 2,016 | 103.57 | 16,917 | 88.09 |
| Norway | 1,215 | -60.83 | 19,807 | 121.52 |
| Canada | 538 | -78.69 | 29,297 | 29.44 |
| Madagascar | 500 | - | 7,236 | 66.34 |
| Finland | 461 | 3,448.75 | 5,746 | 623.83 |
| Taiwan (China) | 448 | -56.19 | 3,115 | -36.68 |
| Japan | 411 | -73.81 | 12,744 | 0.76 |
| The UK | 339 | 137.59 | 2,821 | 50.72 |
| South Korea | 220 | 11,633.33 | 1,569 | 232.39 |
| Mainland China | 180 | - | 3,299 | -77.79 |
| The US | 10 | 1,820.28 | 142 | 535.76 |
| Belgium | 7 | 133.33 | 34 | 5.18 |
| Germany | 1 | 60.00 | 5 | 6.12 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | - | 2 | - |
| Malaysia | - | - | 372 | - |
| North Korea | - | - | 22 | 340.80 |
| Holland | - | - | 409 | - |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | - | - | 258 | - |
| Brazil | - | -100.00 | 1,126 | 46.19 |
| Nickel Ore | 3,488,196 | 5.59 | 27,124,800 | -11.83 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The Philippines | 3,345,606 | 4.29 | 26,193,166 | -12.46 |
| New Caledonia | 83,490 | - | 349,944 | 1,029,246,000.00 |
| Indonesia | 49,186 | - | 82,234 | -52.77 |
| Australia | 5,037 | -58.37 | 134,312 | -28.11 |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | 4,265 | - | 48,464 | 14.12 |
| Brazil | 470 | -96.38 | 38,572 | -45.90 |
| The US | 96 | - | 25,201 | -34.62 |
| Tanzania | 46 | -89.32 | 489 | -75.37 |
| Myanmar | - | - | 1 | - |
| Ukraine | - | - | 48 | - |
| Mexico | - | -100.00 | 219 | -77.29 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | - | - | 17,112 | - |
| Russia | - | -100.00 | 105,381 | 160.37 |
| South Africa | - | - | 44,311 | 122.54 |
| Vietnam | - | -100.00 | 43,190 | -38.53 |
| Malaysia | - | - | 1,131 | 272.48 |
| Zambia | - | - | 2 | - |
| Finland | - | -100.00 | 19,731 | -53.77 |
| Albania | - | - | 13 | - |
| Spain | - | -100.00 | 21,279 | -80.88 |
| ferronickel | 116,239 | 85.49 | 825,629 | 46.56 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Indonesia | 86,252 | 120.91 | 590,642 | 236.66 |
| Myanmar | 16,838 | - | 16,838 | -71.28 |
| Japan | 3,654 | 20.17 | 23,673 | -61.81 |
| Brazil | 3,248 | 47.78 | 43,892 | 5.50 |
| New Caledonia | 2,698 | -47.93 | 77,623 | -6.48 |
| Colombia | 1,460 | -74.28 | 42,224 | -22.32 |
| Macedonia | 920 | -79.90 | 11,930 | -69.55 |
| South Korea | 736 | 1,636,211.11 | 9,187 | -46.95 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 431 | -72.80 | 7,409 | -0.13 |
| The US | 1 | 502.85 | 4 | 339.94 |
| Australia | 1 | - | 1 | -99.91 |
| Greece | - | - | 875 | - |
| Vietnam | - | - | 287 | - |
| Ukraine | - | -100.00 | 834 | -93.15 |
| Dominican | - | - | 210 | - |
| Exports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 1,099 | -71.89 | 12,553 | -66.68 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 680 | -2.86 | 3,239 | -32.24 |
| Hong Kong | 138 | - | 3,227 | 12.66 |
| India | 126 | -88.22 | 248 | -96.36 |
| Iran | 60 | 199.22 | 436 | 361.18 |
| South Korea | 38 | -86.87 | 994 | -80.84 |
| The US | 20 | - | 418 | -75.50 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 27.62 | 246 | 111.97 |
| Thailand | 11 | - | 85 | -40.28 |
| Vietnam | 11 | - | 140 | -5.98 |
| Japan | 1 | -93.95 | 50 | -88.00 |
| France | - | - | 20 | -0.26 |
| The UK | - | - | 1 | - |
| Turkey | - | - | 70 | -80.98 |
| Spain | - | -100.00 | 317 | -73.60 |
| Italy | - | -100.00 | 720 | -72.09 |
| Belgium | - | -100.00 | 1,920 | -65.09 |
| Malaysia | - | - | 54 | -97.00 |
| Singapore | - | - | 104 | - |
| The United Arab Emirates | - | -100.00 | 99 | -74.98 |
| South Africa | - | - | 60 | - |
| Indonesia | - | - | 102 | 1,793.38 |
| ferronickel | - | - | 2,017 | -62.98 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Korea | - | - | 1,521 | -69.57 |
| Japan | - | - | 496 | 10.01 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) |
