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SHANGHAI,Mar.23 (SMM) - The General Administration of Customs Mar.23 released China's imports and exports of primary aluminum,alumina,aluminum semis and bauxite in February 2017 (unit: mt):
| Feb. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Feb. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 6,869 | 58.93 | 33,925 | 212.77 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Malaysia | 2,489 | 567.65 | 7,468 | 1,327.56 |
| Australia | 1,328 | 10.18 | 6,045 | 100.73 |
| South Africa | 751 | - | 2,053 | - |
| Russia | 711 | 791.93 | 1,218 | 1,429.01 |
| Nigeria | 546 | - | 682 | 736.93 |
| Oman | 511 | -55.61 | 2,107 | -13.01 |
| India | 326 | - | 5,568 | 5,423.52 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 174 | - | 534 | -0.90 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15 | - | 35 | - |
| Japan | 12 | 51.95 | 14 | 3.47 |
| Germany | 5 | - | 5 | -93.65 |
| South Korea | 2 | - | 4 | 94.10 |
| aluminum alloy | 6,173 | 151.84 | 10,271 | 25.93 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Australia | 2,093 | 1,970.47 | 2,295 | 9.38 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 1,333 | 1,471.53 | 1,994 | 344.03 |
| Malaysia | 627 | 79.01 | 1,436 | 142.64 |
| South Korea | 559 | -0.51 | 851 | -40.02 |
| Taiwan (China) | 307 | -50.99 | 1,501 | 8.16 |
| Thailand | 304 | - | 304 | - |
| Japan | 240 | 29.90 | 394 | -10.46 |
| Mainland China | 219 | -36.73 | 493 | -31.16 |
| Russia | 106 | - | 106 | 0.47 |
| The US | 84 | 453.48 | 110 | 320.10 |
| Venezuela | 82 | - | 82 | - |
| The Arab Republic of Egypt | 78 | 48.18 | 78 | 48.18 |
| Germany | 68 | 504.83 | 175 | 44.93 |
| Laos | 54 | - | 54 | - |
| Kazakhstan | 13 | 26.26 | 23 | 1.88 |
| France | 7 | 3,566.84 | 8 | 4,065.79 |
| scrap aluminum | 167,988 | 80.09 | 339,243 | 48.90 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The US | 49,215 | 53.92 | 99,693 | 37.78 |
| Malaysia | 24,901 | 146.30 | 51,385 | 103.97 |
| Australia | 23,482 | 105.13 | 53,002 | 76.90 |
| Hong Kong | 22,110 | 18.35 | 45,441 | 8.03 |
| The UK | 14,785 | 179.01 | 27,894 | 134.85 |
| Thailand | 10,601 | 5,572.80 | 15,708 | 924.46 |
| Holland | 5,183 | 109.71 | 10,015 | 36.85 |
| The Philippines | 3,548 | 19,337.37 | 4,360 | 5,639.60 |
| Belgium | 2,859 | 90.77 | 7,407 | 76.75 |
| Canada | 2,072 | -10.09 | 3,558 | -29.02 |
| Germany | 1,467 | -67.48 | 3,498 | -78.22 |
| Italy | 1,046 | 881.38 | 1,445 | 116.99 |
| France | 1,003 | 54.77 | 2,513 | 49.57 |
| Spain | 947 | 922.72 | 2,777 | 405.16 |
| Sweden | 649 | 65.44 | 2,621 | 56.05 |
| Japan | 605 | -48.76 | 1,648 | -16.71 |
| South Korea | 562 | 751.69 | 771 | 42.77 |
| Mexico | 376 | -43.19 | 533 | -29.72 |
| Finland | 318 | - | 425 | 100.04 |
| Singapore | 317 | 176.92 | 628 | 132.73 |
| Denmark | 254 | 43.55 | 498 | 1.72 |
| New Zealand | 253 | 184.22 | 304 | -17.03 |
| Estonia | 237 | - | 237 | - |
| Norway | 218 | -57.24 | 1,046 | -5.53 |
| Vietnam | 179 | - | 227 | - |
| Ecuador | 156 | -23.79 | 202 | -61.52 |
| Brazil | 94 | - | 94 | - |
| Colombia | 83 | -35.73 | 328 | 38.77 |
| Taiwan (China) | 72 | 66.28 | 250 | -50.09 |
| Peru | 71 | -2.88 | 117 | 59.33 |
| Macao | 71 | - | 71 | 257.47 |
| Dominican | 63 | - | 63 | 39.22 |
| Paraguay | 50 | - | 50 | 88.81 |
| Indonesia | 49 | -34.27 | 244 | 98.59 |
| Poland | 47 | - | 47 | - |
| Chile | 25 | -60.25 | 47 | -43.15 |
| The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | 19 | - | 19 | - |
| alumina | 234,524 | -37.02 | 500,289 | -43.14 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Australia | 99,186 | -48.11 | 246,319 | -55.24 |
| Jamaica | 40,386 | - | 40,386 | - |
| Vietnam | 32,311 | -20.27 | 45,741 | -33.44 |
| Indonesia | 30,061 | 149,868.00 | 60,096 | 12,962.26 |
| India | 28,261 | -7.10 | 91,559 | 199.61 |
| Japan | 1,411 | 33.59 | 3,011 | 33.51 |
| France | 1,365 | 109.91 | 2,514 | 45.19 |
| Germany | 1,341 | 89.16 | 2,321 | 29.54 |
| The US | 81 | -99.73 | 7,845 | -74.44 |
| Canada | 64 | 22,757.86 | 199 | 193.40 |
| South Korea | 48 | 851.17 | 162 | 397.51 |
| Hungary | 7 | -22.21 | 7 | -22.21 |
| Mainland China | 1 | -80.00 | 4 | -40.85 |
| Bauxite | 4,258,174 | 34.42 | 8,852,894 | 5.72 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Australia | 1,878,096 | 77.63 | 4,018,491 | 77.90 |
| Guinea | 1,335,567 | 313.62 | 2,977,735 | 293.95 |
| Malaysia | 466,928 | -50.15 | 655,172 | -78.22 |
| India | 248,686 | -56.08 | 299,638 | -82.10 |
| Brazil | 155,223 | 2.21 | 483,799 | 50.64 |
| Republic of Ghana | 62,746 | -20.55 | 91,138 | -43.61 |
| Montenegro | 61,328 | - | 118,843 | - |
| Solomon Islands | 49,560 | - | 157,785 | - |
| Japan | 40 | - | 80 | - |
| aluminum semi-finished products | 31,452 | 36.50 | 58,192 | -1.90 |
| Including: | ||||
| Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 3,782 | 0.89 | 7,577 | -19.66 |
| Aluminum wire | 864 | 16.11 | 1,769 | 33.56 |
| Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 21,403 | 51.19 | 38,732 | 0.42 |
| aluminum foil | 4,481 | 20.20 | 8,135 | -2.36 |
| Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 858 | 42.98 | 1,790 | 25.57 |
| Finished products: | ||||
| Aluminum structure and components | 572 | 199.61 | 1,037 | 102.94 |
| Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 1 | -94.80 | 5 | -81.56 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Primary Aluminum | 50 | -98.31 | 234 | -97.11 |
| Destination: | ||||
| North Korea | 29 | - | 29 | - |
| Japan | 20 | 904.70 | 203 | 231.94 |
| aluminum alloy | 29,133 | 22.11 | 71,811 | 3.81 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Japan | 19,503 | 114.91 | 46,354 | 97.13 |
| Hong Kong | 4,907 | -43.94 | 13,195 | -57.59 |
| Vietnam | 977 | 2.86 | 2,773 | -5.40 |
| Taiwan (China) | 733 | -10.18 | 1,869 | -23.13 |
| Australia | 647 | -12.02 | 1,671 | 0.03 |
| Thailand | 599 | -35.16 | 2,160 | 15.11 |
| South Korea | 405 | 368.64 | 564 | -36.41 |
| Malaysia | 311 | - | 511 | 212.60 |
| Brazil | 198 | -27.26 | 425 | 55.73 |
| Norway | 173 | -22.90 | 316 | 5.67 |
| Mexico | 117 | -87.35 | 215 | -80.88 |
| The Philippines | 89 | -9.11 | 490 | 75.21 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 80 | 300.00 | 160 | -33.33 |
| Russia | 62 | - | 82 | 832.92 |
| The Kingdom of Bahrain | 55 | - | 105 | 109.44 |
| Holland | 50 | -80.18 | 201 | -60.11 |
| India | 48 | -73.37 | 226 | -77.17 |
| Indonesia | 41 | -79.74 | 46 | -79.36 |
| Pakistan | 41 | 724.14 | 120 | 48.34 |
| Spain | 36 | - | 44 | - |
| South Africa | 25 | - | 81 | - |
| Italy | 22 | - | 45 | 50.00 |
| Syria | 15 | - | 15 | - |
| scrap aluminum | 34 | - | 118 | 361.94 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Japan | 34 | - | 69 | - |
| alumina | 2,038 | 54.79 | 7,424 | -51.60 |
| Destination | ||||
| Japan | 808 | 962.00 | 933 | 178.30 |
| The US | 314 | -6.86 | 0 | 1.74 |
| Taiwan (China) | 229 | 138.01 | 461 | 66.86 |
| South Korea | 196 | 24.55 | 2,353 | 4.70 |
| Vietnam | 115 | 53.23 | 329 | 100.70 |
| Malaysia | 85 | 164.56 | 134 | 5.84 |
| Russia | 70 | -57.00 | 238 | 12.51 |
| Iran | 35 | - | 280 | -97.27 |
| Indonesia | 31 | -11.43 | 52 | -70.96 |
| Canada | 30 | - | 31 | -33.78 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 227,172.73 | 56 | 24.41 |
| Spain | 22 | 980.00 | 43 | 163.41 |
| Holland | 12 | -45.45 | 13 | -76.36 |
| Italy | 12 | -50.00 | 12 | -50.00 |
| The UK | 10 | -34.60 | 15 | -57.45 |
| India | 9 | -72.95 | 104 | -50.04 |
| Belgium | 9 | - | 9 | 84.00 |
| Djibouti | 7 | - | 7 | - |
| Myanmar | 6 | - | 18 | 5,928.67 |
| Portugal | 3 | -47.60 | 3 | -47.60 |
| Poland | 3 | - | 6 | - |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | - | 6 | 360.12 |
| Singapore | 2 | -37.23 | 2 | -50.82 |
| Hungary | 2 | -50.00 | 2 | -66.67 |
| The Philippines | 1 | - | 1 | -54.55 |
| The United Arab Emirates | 1 | - | 17 | 337.00 |
| aluminum semi-finished products | 230,000 | -10.30 | 580,000 | -1.50 |
| Including | ||||
| Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 29,525 | -58.81 | 118,948 | -30.91 |
| Aluminum wire | 955 | -30.67 | 3,011 | -10.40 |
| Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 118,393 | 13.11 | 260,838 | 9.02 |
| aluminum foil | 75,298 | 4.66 | 174,634 | 14.65 |
| Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 6,258 | -15.18 | 18,470 | 1.15 |
| Finished products: | ||||
| Aluminum structure and components | 44,424 | 3.70 | 125,861 | 14.77 |
| Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 9,933 | -38.67 | 35,383 | 8.37 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) |
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