China Nickel Imports and Exports Data February 2017

Published: Mar 23, 2017 16:09 (GMT+8)

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The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's February 2017 imports and exports of nickel on Mar.23 (Unit: mt)

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)

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