China Aluminum Imports and Exports Data March 2017

SHANGHAI,Apr.25 (SMM) - The General Administration of Customs Apr.25 released China's imports and exports of primary aluminum,alumina,aluminum semis and bauxite in March 2017 (unit: mt):

	Mar.	YoY (%)	Jan.– Mar.	YoY (%)
Imports:
Primary Aluminum	9,935	197.60	43,860	209.20
Origins:
Malaysia	2,998	-	10,467	1,900.67
Australia	1,592	173.96	7,637	112.58
The Kingdom of Bahrain	1,372	-	3,369	-
New Zealand	1,192	23.71	3,460	-29.62
Oman	1,020	-14.04	3,127	-13.35
Russia	784	-	2,002	2,412.70
The United Arab Emirates	506	-	1,040	93.04
South Africa	275	-	2,328	-
Nigeria	109	-	791	871.01

aluminum alloy	4,470	11.66	14,741	21.23
Origins:
South Korea	1,183	123.33	2,034	4.37
Taiwan (China)	910	-18.64	2,410	-3.80
Malaysia	493	181.03	1,929	151.41
Thailand	301	-	604	-
Japan	273	22.39	667	0.58
The Arab Republic of Egypt	263	-	340	550.40
Mainland China	227	-30.86	720	-31.07
Russia	210	96.95	315	48.95
The United Arab Emirates	167	-88.40	2,161	14.57
Australia	101	-	2,395	14.17

scrap aluminum	187,449	14.02	526,692	34.28
Origins:
The US	43,878	-9.81	143,572	18.65
Malaysia	30,316	9.06	81,701	54.18
Hong Kong	27,875	-15.31	73,315	-2.21
Australia	26,150	9.20	79,152	46.83
Thailand	17,316	3,193.24	33,024	1,503.82
The UK	13,314	79.14	41,208	113.41
Holland	5,555	-33.02	15,570	-0.27
Belgium	4,514	192.04	11,920	107.81
The Philippines	3,762	-	8,122	10,591.94
Germany	2,427	14.17	5,924	-67.43
Sweden	1,900	41.31	4,521	49.50
Spain	1,823	124.42	4,599	237.74
Japan	1,506	28.36	3,154	0.07
Canada	1,503	-15.15	5,062	-25.40
France	1,395	-3.57	3,908	24.99
Italy	732	-36.95	2,177	19.18
South Korea	608	-26.93	1,379	0.51
Singapore	474	109.49	1,102	122.13
Norway	342	-25.02	1,388	-11.22
Denmark	331	-3.10	829	-0.26
Mexico	330	39.08	863	-13.31
Taiwan (China)	263	-54.82	513	-52.63
Ecuador	216	230.11	418	-29.20
Colombia	194	57.76	522	45.27
Estonia	145	-	382	-
New Zealand	122	442.26	426	9.57

alumina	420,834	16.95	921,123	-25.70
Origins:
Australia	154,797	1.08	401,116	-42.98
Indonesia	137,375	42,812.97	197,471	25,210.40
Vietnam	67,297	-0.11	113,038	-16.94
India	30,907	-65.82	122,466	1.22
Jamaica	24,600	-	64,986	-
France	2,063	15.29	4,577	29.99
Japan	1,820	29.11	4,831	31.82
Germany	1,770	42.53	4,091	34.85
The US	135	-97.85	7,980	-78.42
South Korea	46	-84.93	209	-38.57

Bauxite	5,068,594	0.11	13,917,795	3.60
Origins:
Australia	1,877,256	8.24	5,895,747	47.76
Guinea	1,859,842	98.38	4,837,577	185.67
Malaysia	481,149	-62.18	1,132,891	-73.53
India	319,854	-52.60	619,228	-73.63
Brazil	318,558	31.14	802,356	42.24
Republic of Ghana	106,824	75.85	197,961	-10.98
Solomon Islands	105,113	-	262,897	-

aluminum semi-finished products	33,549	6.50	91,741	1.00
Including:
Aluminum bar, rod, and profile	5,230	-12.48	12,848	-16.60
Aluminum wire	970	-7.88	2,739	15.21
Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip	21,285	15.88	59,976	5.33
aluminum foil	4,955	-3.90	13,090	-2.95
Aluminum tube (including accessories)	944	16.04	2,734	22.11

Finished products:
Aluminum structure and components	335	-27.76	1,372	40.61
Aluminum stranded wire, cable	12	841.16	18	-42.22

Exports:
Primary Aluminum	445	-91.44	679	-94.90
Destination:
Japan	343	787.44	546	447.30
Bangladesh	69	-	69	-
North Korea	28	730.82	58	525.03
Cuba	4	-	4	-

aluminum alloy	45,176	-9.26	116,987	-1.66
Destination:
Japan	31,128	19.81	77,481	56.54
Hong Kong	7,573	-40.76	20,768	-52.68
Thailand	1,432	-28.08	3,592	-7.13
Vietnam	1,384	-44.72	4,157	-23.51
Taiwan (China)	1,019	-30.83	2,888	-26.04
Indonesia	605	233.61	651	60.83
Australia	485	-28.10	2,156	-8.06
The United Arab Emirates	180	-18.18	340	-26.09
Holland	176	-0.66	377	-44.69
Norway	147	-40.63	463	-15.29
Mexico	138	-87.19	353	-83.97
The Kingdom of Bahrain	122	-	227	351.89
The Philippines	122	-53.51	611	12.93
The US	120	646.30	168	73.21
Brazil	111	-83.62	536	-43.64
India	101	-81.72	327	-78.80

scrap aluminum	52	-19.43	171	88.82
Destination:
Japan	52	-2.36	121	126.70

alumina	5,526	-4.73	12,950	-38.74
Destination
South Korea	3,417	48.18	5,771	26.72
Japan	500	632.15	0	255.11
The US	302	-8.25	915	-1.79
Vietnam	250	215.86	578	138.19
Taiwan (China)	228	37.35	689	55.78
Nigeria	108	101.77	108	-47.45
Malaysia	75	26.31	209	12.38
Uzbekistan	65	-	71	5,337.88
Saudi Arabia	54	-	54	10.02
The Kingdom of Bahrain	50	-	100	-
Italy	48	-30.95	60	-35.84
Thailand	46	63.43	48	-14.69
Iran	46	-60.98	326	-96.86
India	38	-72.03	142	-58.67
Bangladesh	37	-43.98	105	-42.12
Holland	37	-58.24	50	-65.18
Russia	36	-64.72	274	-12.72
Mongolia	30	-	30	-
Australia	22	2,060.00	30	16.75
France	22	22,325.00	42	91.09
Spain	22	50.00	65	110.39
Canada	18	-20.44	49	-29.39
Madagascar	18	-	18	-
South Africa	10	47.06	10	-21.88

aluminum semi-finished products	370,000	1.60	940,000	-0.30
Including
Aluminum bar, rod, and profile	66,102	-36.23	185,032	-32.91
Aluminum wire	2,004	7.33	5,006	-4.22
Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip	176,540	17.70	437,378	12.37
aluminum foil	108,180	15.37	282,813	14.93
Aluminum tube (including accessories)	11,773	21.01	30,246	8.07

Finished products:
Aluminum structure and components	76,015	34.47	201,855	21.46
Aluminum stranded wire, cable	16,575	71.45	51,958	22.78
Note: “-” means data is unavailable.
(Source: China Customs)
(Edited by SMM)