China Copper Imports and Exports Data October 2016

Published: Nov 25, 2016 17:04 (GMT+8)
The General Administration of Customs released on Nov. 25 China's copper imports and exports in Oct. 2016. (Unit: mt)

SHANGHAI, Nov. 25 (SMM) -- The General Administration of Customs released on Nov. 25 China's copper imports and exports in Oct. 2016. (Unit: mt)

  Oct. YoY (%) Jan.– Oct. YoY (%)
Imports:        
Refined Copper 189812 -44.74 2992546 3.33
Origins        
Chile 56979 -44.74 1088416 4.48
Japan 22237 20.46 237315 2.03
Kazakhstan 18985 34.85 166998 22.87
Australia 14387 -39.42 208112 -12.45
Mainland China 12549 26.94 51656 125.01
South Korea 10037 -32.62 100412 -19.62
Congo 5483 -80.92 144893 -0.92
Peru 5180 -59.65 135627 28.07
Spain 4501 800.26 19548 116.6
India 3991 -89.7 133773 -38.47
Poland 3726 -55.25 84125 -17.44
Belgium 3300 -40.12 60524 24.72
Zambia 3200 -79.04 53115 -7.08
Iran 2968 - 26315 -
Mexico 2904 -3.85 37351 181.38
Brazil 2892 -18.21 87786 35.93
Laos 2702 42.15 19147 -11.37
South Africa 2446 22.68 20058 33.25
Myanmar 1999 779.83 13999 237.81
The Philippines 1805 73.24 32698 -11.04
Canada 1760 76.41 43498 3253.35
Mongolia 1681 - 8086 229.61
Bulgarian   1502 -74.12 40851 -23.69
Norway 1102 -63.99 10612 -49.83
Uzbekistan 817 889.7 12814 15422.71
North Korea 232 68.58 1978 23.44
Indonesia 200 - 7460 -44.84
Sweden 125 - 7805 13.15
The US 40 -95.25 8548 -18.76
The Gabonese Republic 26 - 48 121.72
Georgia 23 - 141 -
The United Arab Emirates 22 -96.44 16968 184.7
Malaysia 12 -7.69 65 -88.53
Finland 1 - 4069 -34.87
         
Copper Anode 47884 42.35 595104 40.97
Origins        
Chile 20148 61.14 206168 51.59
Zambia 19727 71.21 301531 72.64
Congo 3372 -18.59 38464 -1.32
Pakistan 1391 -8.88 11290 -6.39
South Africa 1349 22.93 10672 -23.13
Canada 866 214165.59 1453 -34.23
Taiwan (China) 402 -15.92 3377 -10.37
South Korea 255 46.12 2499 -9.33
Mexico 152 1065.54 381 7.48
Thailand 100 -70.38 1647 -20.02
The United Arab Emirates 48 -74.75 499 -86.29
The US 45 631.3 228 5.17
Georgia 23 - 187 38.12
Japan 6 -72.97 36 -70.24
         
copper alloy 4681 55.72 40040 18.25
Origins        
South Korea 902 43.61 6662 -2.81
Russia 751 529.48 4787 124.03
Lithuania 519 507.55 3026 1338.25
Japan 360 -3.34 4172 0.64
Turkey 339 27.1 3329 63.47
France 177 - 637 122.19
Lebanon 175 138.5 1906 47.35
Spain 141 255.33 717 8.66
Nigeria 138 - 246 -
The US 137 -54.04 1139 -66.11
Ukraine 134 -48.23 1717 -45.6
Germany 125 75.7 467 -46.11
The United Arab Emirates 96 - 756 -2.91
Kazakhstan 88 969.4 1046 771.71
The Arab Republic of Egypt 83 - 298 237.68
Latvia 81 76.33 1072 2.02
Taiwan (China) 71 -66.06 1800 38.38
Yemen 63 - 1263 632.66
Italy 58 8421.52 299 -54.8
Cameroon 52 114.35 180 98.14
Jordan 46 - 46 -
Iran 27 -43.23 77 -90.26
New Zealand 24 - 87 -0.7
Indonesia 24 -8.04 521 1903.85
The Gabonese Republic 24 - 188 -
Peru 23 - 92 30.53
Mexico 10 39.5 160 28.65
         
Scrap Copper 235635 -19.89 2691560 -9.53
Origins        
Hong Kong 44761 11.95 530255 16.48
Australia 43043 42.36 410022 34.27
The US 38727 -34.94 442901 -19.13
Holland 15448 -18.05 174289 -7.71
The UK 14225 -1.77 149308 -0.62
Japan 14144 -10.75 148192 -17.67
Malaysia 9913 -62.85 153488 -36.54
Germany 8588 -57.3 118899 -37.78
Thailand 7897 171.89 61933 428.4
South Korea 4447 -44.15 67309 19.05
The Philippines 3467 -52.13 22345 -72.77
Canada 3105 -24.82 36142 -18.02
Mexico 2846 -50.21 37722 -15.71
Spain 2569 -25.73 43937 -18.66
Belgium 2393 -51.64 33192 -13.5
France 2390 -62.68 35777 -44.62
Italy 1872 13.3 47039 -13.02
Colombia 1516 -58.18 15837 -37.58
The United Arab Emirates 994 -48.86 13206 -30.12
Portugal 722 -5.18 7897 -21.09
New Zealand 721 48.52 5716 -13.52
South Africa 653 -52.41 5983 -64.91
Lithuania 643 178.79 3879 29.78
Chile 565 -31.44 10547 -6.48
Taiwan (China) 508 7.88 4805 -20.22
Denmark  501 32.05 4786 -40.33
Greece 500 49.79 3921 -32.9
Finland 479 -31.16 4878 -36.71
Sweden 462 5.39 5348 5.07
Norway 455 -18.2 5233 -10.35
The Czech Republic 411 75.58 4217 -35.27
Poland 407 -25.95 5076 -6.72
Estonia 390 1440.61 779 -27.02
Singapore 384 53.29 5547 74.38
Turkey 384 -1.53 1287 -40.02
Rumania 370 -32.34 5486 -12.43
Latvia 333 2.6 2676 -0.42
Saudi Arabia 309 -76.82 2894 -77.63
Brazil 288 -86.2 7829 -31.43
Venezuela 278 - 1610 -
Paraguay 244 -13.8 1379 -45.16
Ecuador  197 -12.96 3057 -23.69
Peru 195 -26.39 2548 -6.4
Lebanon 178 -47.94 2120 15.22
Indonesia 173 -10.63 1522 50.33
Dominican 172 -53.42 2443 -43.88
Austria 154 0.79 681 79.03
Nigeria 138 -48.49 1501 -15.27
Macao 138 - 1139 -87.06
Mainland China 133 53.33 3615 219.48
The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 125 149.87 1186 57.94
The Slovak Republic 118 19.7 1298 -9.08
Hungary 112 4.42 2239 -41.6
Israel 111 -69.64 1566 -42.45
Bulgarian   111 -50.72 2142 -33.64
Republic of Liberia 107 - 426 132.39
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 104 -67.13 2248 -37.3
         
copper concentrate 1363576 29.53 13593911 30.97
Origins:        
Chile 454148 54.08 3782445 32.57
Peru 300461 50.15 3468517 75.09
Mongolia 109720 -21.38 1271380 11.16
Mexico 68786 41.56 782129 45.74
Canada 64937 65.2 407577 18.12
Iran 59711 4644.36 406534 138.51
Australia 51807 -23.54 648833 4.21
Kazakhstan 37487 291.56 262899 58.83
The US 35959 -22.81 368654 -36.01
Indonesia 29960 16308.63 230217 61.85
Spain 20834 -47.74 340955 164.22
Turkey 16585 20.42 161815 21.16
Mauritania 15691 -16.03 171434 -4.07
Armenia 15348 67.14 158491 61.59
Portugal 13723 203.65 103197 6.84
The Philippines 11364 89.21 121488 4.04
Brazil 10641 1787.77 55116 -12.85
Poland 9874 - 9874 548450.72
Morocco 9415 1990.84 40803 47.8
North Korea 6475 83.25 41337 48.51
Rumania 5063 - 22997 17.68
Georgia 4569 - 14691 512.89
Bolivia 2581 -43.02 30037 -53.35
Zambia 2424 143.4 9608 -2.72
Malaysia 2067 -35.59 27239 74.82
The United Arab Emirates 1498 - 23458 -
Vietnam 980 - 1927 -90.35
Russia 817 -50.86 5458 97.25
Ecuador  430 26.14 10258 14.87
Myanmar 126 - 7545 -64.02
South Africa 97 - 14751 273.13
         
Copper Semis 45637 5.6 453137 -2.6
Including        
Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles 4388 -16.93 48694 -12.79
Copper Wires 11907 -3.06 117990 -7.03
Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips 9860 13 96996 2.13
Copper Foils 17328 11.66 169210 -1.04
Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) 1849 56.45 16914 21.34
Copper Stranded Wires, Cables 1222 -10.44 13301 13.79
         
Exports:        
Refined Copper 22892 111.45 386033 125.83
Destination        
South Korea 8934 44667730 136575 704.12
Taiwan (China) 5571 21.32 66094 14.61
Malaysia 2730 36.86 34277 4.25
Singapore 1988 - 96927 1117.65
Indonesia 1097 82.5 14337 267.55
Vietnam 852 -52.83 12930 -40.73
Thailand 600 -10.93 8778 -32.32
Bangladesh 496 - 3778 14.48
Pakistan 374 - 6059 218.94
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 150 0.09 1500 43.47
Mexico 100 - 599 -
         
anode copper 0 - 2647 -43.5
Destination 0 0 0 0
Hong Kong - - 2647 -
         
copper alloy 5 1826.12 16 -91.31
Destination 0 0 0 0
Australia 5 - 5 -44.39
India 0 -19 1 41.69
Cuba - - 1 -
Hong Kong - - 4 218.18
Taiwan (China) - - 1 -70.68
Singapore - - 2 100
Thailand - - 3 -82.88
         
Scrap Copper 4 -74.27 148 27.91
Destination        
Hong Kong 4 22.22 33 69.84
Belgium - - 47 113.89
Germany - - 1 -22.99
The US - - 6 -
Japan - - 25 -36.28
South Korea - -100 17 -50.36
Thailand - - 20 -
         
copper concentrate 26 - 4226 -69.99
Destination        
Italy 26 - 26 -66.67
Bolivia - - 23 -
South Korea - - 2626 397837.27
Vietnam - - 1550 -
         
Copper Semis 35387 5.7 374511 -4.3
Including        
Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles 667 2.08 6527 -12.04
Copper Wires 4186 64.88 34183 20.32
Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips 2095 0.55 26159 6.02
Copper Foils 10321 4.55 101428 -9.67
Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) 17,910 -1.1 203344 -5.76
Copper Stranded Wires, Cables 218 -21.07 2184 -31.43
Note: “-” means data is unavailable.        
(Source: China Customs)        
(Edited by SMM)        

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