SHANGHAI, Apr.25 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's March 2017 imports and exports of nickel on Apr.25 (Unit: mt)
| Mar. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Mar. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 14,371 | -66.75 | 43,382 | -60.05 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Russia | 7,017 | -76.48 | 19,901 | -73.02 |
| Canada | 1,373 | -53.49 | 7,115 | -21.65 |
| Australia | 1,344 | 4.69 | 4,031 | 32.06 |
| Madagascar | 940 | 42.42 | 2,134 | 104.41 |
| Japan | 936 | -45.91 | 2,289 | -51.51 |
| South Africa | 861 | -55.84 | 2,294 | -55.67 |
| Norway | 789 | -72.18 | 1,372 | -78.59 |
| Finland | 387 | -17.50 | 1,833 | 73.32 |
| The UK | 372 | 9.76 | 988 | 27.19 |
| Mainland China | 227 | -11.76 | 508 | -52.19 |
| Taiwan (China) | 110 | -82.16 | 852 | -30.59 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1,340.00 | 13 | 388.89 |
| South Korea | 2 | -98.51 | 5 | -98.90 |
| Germany | 1 | 276.67 | 2 | 93.58 |
| North Korea | - | -100.00 | 4 | -38.84 |
| Nickel Ore | 847,370 | -43.06 | 3,025,679 | -11.01 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The Philippines | 816,399 | -41.50 | 2,315,726 | -20.23 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 20,060 | - | 78,785 | - |
| Australia | 6,000 | -61.50 | 19,159 | -68.53 |
| Canada | 4,765 | - | 4,765 | - |
| Tanzania | 146 | - | 146 | -67.14 |
| Brazil | - | - | 221 | -98.92 |
| New Caledonia | - | - | 210,705 | 476.36 |
| The Independent State of Papua New Guinea | - | - | 1,067 | - |
| Turkey | - | - | 44,314 | - |
| Malaysia | - | - | 569 | - |
| Indonesia | - | -100.00 | 298,466 | 11.19 |
| Russia | - | -100.00 | 22,376 | -17.70 |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | - | -100.00 | 7,307 | -41.43 |
| South Africa | - | -100.00 | 22,074 | 80.13 |
| ferronickel | 117,569 | 74.48 | 335,367 | 75.64 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Indonesia | 81,210 | 96.17 | 231,792 | 106.04 |
| New Caledonia | 14,859 | 79.23 | 36,306 | 46.58 |
| Colombia | 7,489 | -24.37 | 15,294 | -23.44 |
| Macedonia | 3,780 | - | 5,608 | 31.80 |
| Japan | 3,342 | 108.14 | 8,533 | -3.43 |
| Brazil | 2,332 | -44.21 | 14,208 | 7.24 |
| Myanmar | 2,171 | - | 14,627 | - |
| Serbia | 2,097 | - | 5,965 | - |
| Dominican | 286 | - | 1,832 | - |
| The US | 4 | - | 4 | - |
| Dominican | - | - | 160 | - |
| Australia | - | - | 3 | - |
| The Republic of Guatemala | - | -100.00 | 1,034 | -9.32 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 1,537 | 109.50 | 3,545 | 46.82 |
| Destination | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 619 | 23.69 | 859 | -43.72 |
| Belgium | 540 | - | 1,208 | - |
| Italy | 120 | - | 240 | - |
| India | 100 | - | 124 | - |
| The US | 43 | 94.62 | 118 | -14.40 |
| Thailand | 39 | - | 56 | 106.04 |
| Pakistan | 37 | -12.72 | 49 | 18.01 |
| Malaysia | 24 | - | 48 | -10.99 |
| Vietnam | 15 | -30.03 | 34 | -22.13 |
| The UK | 0 | - | 1 | - |
| Spain | - | - | 280 | - |
| Holland | - | - | 50 | - |
| Australia | - | - | 6 | - |
| South Korea | - | -100.00 | 50 | -60.84 |
| Iran | - | -100.00 | 20 | 1.64 |
| South Africa | - | - | 274 | - |
| Hong Kong | - | - | 126 | -50.55 |
| ferronickel | - | - | - | -100.00 |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) |
