SHANGHAI, Mar.23 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's February 2017 imports and exports of nickel on Mar.23 (Unit: mt)
| Feb. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Feb. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 15,966 | -47.28 | 29,011 | -55.62 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Russia | 8,214 | -51.63 | 12,884 | -70.68 |
| Canada | 2,217 | -16.43 | 5,742 | -6.31 |
| Australia | 1,860 | 5.65 | 2,687 | 51.92 |
| Finland | 759 | 41.92 | 1,446 | 145.86 |
| South Africa | 705 | -67.42 | 1,433 | -55.57 |
| Taiwan (China) | 541 | -11.32 | 742 | 21.66 |
| Norway | 461 | -81.30 | 583 | -83.69 |
| Japan | 347 | -77.34 | 1,353 | -54.75 |
| Madagascar | 320 | -1.23 | 1,194 | 210.94 |
| The UK | 295 | 37.67 | 616 | 40.71 |
| Mainland China | 227 | -28.90 | 281 | -65.13 |
| The US | 17 | 18.49 | 38 | 158.70 |
| Belgium | 1 | -54.55 | 6 | 172.73 |
| Germany | 1 | 153.81 | 1 | 14.78 |
| North Korea | - | - | 4 | - |
| Nickel Ore | 1,090,366 | 25.80 | 2,176,245 | 13.82 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The Philippines | 721,180 | 36.46 | 1,500,192 | -0.49 |
| Indonesia | 174,842 | -25.29 | 298,162 | 27.40 |
| New Caledonia | 99,602 | 172.45 | 208,079 | 469.18 |
| Turkey | 44,314 | - | 44,314 | - |
| Russia | 22,376 | 110.98 | 22,376 | 35.05 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 19,193 | - | 58,725 | - |
| Australia | 6,443 | -77.10 | 13,159 | -70.94 |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | 1,730 | -18.08 | 7,307 | -13.52 |
| Malaysia | 465 | - | 569 | - |
| Brazil | 221 | -97.83 | 221 | -98.92 |
| The Independent State of Papua New Guinea | - | - | 1,067 | - |
| South Africa | - | - | 22,074 | - |
| ferronickel | 96,276 | 59.69 | 217,798 | 76.27 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Indonesia | 62,324 | 84.87 | 150,582 | 111.79 |
| New Caledonia | 8,675 | 7.75 | 21,447 | 30.15 |
| Brazil | 7,106 | 41.77 | 11,876 | 30.96 |
| Myanmar | 6,994 | - | 12,457 | - |
| Colombia | 4,293 | -32.19 | 7,805 | -22.51 |
| Japan | 2,241 | -35.16 | 5,191 | -28.21 |
| Serbia | 2,058 | - | 3,869 | - |
| Macedonia | 951 | -49.87 | 1,828 | -57.03 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 866 | 69.87 | 1,034 | 102.96 |
| Dominican | 766 | - | 1,546 | - |
| Australia | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Dominican | - | - | 160 | - |
| Exports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 855 | 52.42 | 2,008 | 19.47 |
| Destination | ||||
| South Africa | 274 | - | 274 | - |
| Taiwan (China) | 240 | -44.48 | 240 | -76.62 |
| Spain | 140 | - | 280 | - |
| The US | 74 | 49.37 | 76 | -34.87 |
| Holland | 50 | - | 50 | - |
| Malaysia | 24 | - | 24 | -55.50 |
| Iran | 20 | - | 20 | - |
| South Korea | 20 | - | 50 | 150.63 |
| Pakistan | 13 | - | 13 | - |
| Italy | - | - | 120 | - |
| Australia | - | - | 6 | - |
| India | - | - | 24 | - |
| Hong Kong | - | - | 126 | -50.55 |
| Thailand | - | -100.00 | 17 | -36.58 |
| Belgium | - | - | 668 | - |
| Vietnam | - | -100.00 | 20 | -14.97 |
| ferronickel | - | -100.00 | - | -100.00 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) |
