SHANGHAI, Dec.22 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's November 2016 imports and exports of nickel on Dec.22 (Unit: mt)
| Nov. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Nov. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 16,919 | -38.76 | 351,610 | 31.73 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Russia | 7,973 | -48.38 | 218,125 | 29.76 |
| Canada | 2,286 | -18.77 | 31,584 | 24.11 |
| Australia | 1,549 | 4,247.73 | 21,165 | 327.19 |
| Norway | 1,317 | 0.25 | 21,124 | 105.99 |
| South Africa | 1,036 | -71.30 | 17,953 | 42.42 |
| Madagascar | 926 | 53.26 | 8,162 | 64.75 |
| The UK | 411 | 4.11 | 3,232 | 42.60 |
| Japan | 398 | -49.87 | 13,142 | -2.23 |
| Finland | 384 | 1,016.91 | 6,130 | 640.15 |
| Mainland China | 380 | -67.19 | 3,679 | -77.03 |
| Taiwan (China) | 240 | -80.68 | 3,355 | -45.55 |
| Belgium | 15 | 141.67 | 48 | 26.61 |
| South Korea | 2 | 154.45 | 1,571 | 232.26 |
| The US | 2 | -92.22 | 144 | 201.33 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | - | 2 | - |
| Germany | 0 | -40.25 | 5 | 2.59 |
| North Korea | - | -100.00 | 22 | 120.40 |
| Brazil | - | -100.00 | 1,126 | 26.49 |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | - | - | 258 | - |
| Holland | - | - | 409 | - |
| Malaysia | - | - | 372 | - |
| Nickel Ore | 2,893,843 | 4.27 | 29,960,105 | -10.67 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The Philippines | 2,693,328 | -0.06 | 28,826,603 | -11.62 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 98,288 | - | 115,400 | - |
| New Caledonia | 42,852 | - | 392,796 | ############## |
| Indonesia | 22,171 | - | 105,758 | -39.26 |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | 13,564 | 60.19 | 62,029 | 21.78 |
| South Africa | 9,770 | - | 54,080 | 171.60 |
| Australia | 7,796 | -65.55 | 142,108 | -32.15 |
| Vietnam | 4,712 | -65.88 | 47,903 | -43.02 |
| Tanzania | 788 | - | 1,277 | -35.73 |
| Malaysia | 460 | 482.39 | 1,591 | 315.84 |
| Thailand | 114 | - | 114 | -80.76 |
| Brazil | - | -100.00 | 38,572 | -53.96 |
| Mexico | - | -100.00 | 219 | -78.97 |
| Myanmar | - | - | 1 | - |
| The US | - | -100.00 | 25,201 | -47.06 |
| Albania | - | - | 13 | - |
| Spain | - | - | 21,279 | -80.88 |
| Zambia | - | - | 2 | - |
| Ukraine | - | - | 48 | - |
| Russia | - | - | 105,381 | 160.37 |
| Finland | - | - | 19,731 | -53.77 |
| ferronickel | 120,205 | 92.08 | 945,930 | 51.12 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Indonesia | 91,919 | 157.67 | 682,656 | 223.36 |
| New Caledonia | 10,620 | 6.46 | 88,242 | -5.09 |
| Colombia | 5,167 | -23.19 | 47,390 | -22.42 |
| Brazil | 4,315 | 47.02 | 48,207 | 8.24 |
| Myanmar | 3,109 | - | 19,946 | -65.97 |
| Dominican | 1,682 | - | 1,892 | - |
| Japan | 1,588 | -48.46 | 25,261 | -61.18 |
| Macedonia | 1,260 | -66.34 | 13,190 | -69.27 |
| Ukraine | 314 | 220.15 | 1,148 | -90.65 |
| North Korea | 120 | - | 120 | 500.80 |
| Vietnam | 113 | - | 401 | - |
| Australia | - | - | 1 | -99.91 |
| South Korea | - | -100.00 | 9,187 | -46.95 |
| The US | - | - | 4 | 339.94 |
| Greece | - | - | 875 | - |
| The Republic of Guatemala | - | - | 7,409 | -0.13 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 1,842 | 15.51 | 14,394 | -63.35 |
| Destination | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 1,260 | 5.36 | 4,499 | -24.72 |
| India | 278 | 73.72 | 526 | -92.46 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 174 | - | 273 | -31.17 |
| The US | 58 | 38.30 | 477 | -72.77 |
| Iran | 38 | - | 475 | 401.84 |
| South Korea | 20 | -82.27 | 1,014 | -80.87 |
| Pakistan | 13 | -56.67 | 259 | 76.56 |
| Hong Kong | - | - | 3,227 | 12.66 |
| South Africa | - | - | 60 | - |
| Spain | - | - | 317 | -73.60 |
| Belgium | - | - | 1,920 | -65.09 |
| France | - | - | 20 | -0.26 |
| Italy | - | - | 720 | -72.09 |
| The UK | - | - | 1 | - |
| Malaysia | - | - | 54 | -97.00 |
| Japan | - | - | 50 | -88.00 |
| Indonesia | - | - | 102 | 1,793.38 |
| Singapore | - | - | 104 | - |
| Vietnam | - | -100.00 | 140 | -13.84 |
| Turkey | - | -100.00 | 70 | -82.82 |
| Thailand | - | - | 85 | -40.28 |
| 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) |
