China Zinc Imports and Exports Data April 2017

Published: May 23, 2017 16:00

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The General Administration of Customs on May 23 released China's imports and exports of refined zinc and other zinc products for Apr. 2017.(unit:mt)

SHANGHAI,May 23 (SMM)--The General Administration of Customs on May 23 released China's imports and exports of refined zinc and other zinc products for Apr. 2017.(unit:mt)

	Apr.	YoY (%)	Jan.– Apr.	YoY (%)
Imports:
refined zinc	47,469	21.38	105,455	-52.09
Origins:
Australia	16,330	24.12	26,193	-71.09
South Korea	9,716	257.25	26,216	-7.96
India	5,639	-	15,023	8.36
Spain	4,850	-9.69	5,144	-34.79
Kazakhstan	4,636	-37.52	18,781	-51.62
Russia	2,525	-	2,525	-
Mexico	1,298	-6.94	2,396	-3.97
Peru	1,000	-70.58	4,100	-73.70
Myanmar	699	-	1,031	3.00
Japan	561	-19.62	1,557	-73.08
Canada	92	-92.98	1,084	-73.45
Iran	73	-	287	-35.18
Belgium	50	-93.94	50	-96.68
The US	0	-100.00	207	-82.36
Taiwan (China)	-	-100.00	10	-49.33
Brazil	-	-	700	-
The United Arab Emirates	-	-	150	-72.68

zinc alloy	8,560	5.99	31,093	-7.11
Origins:
South Korea	5,007	22.84	15,319	20.13
Australia	2,078	-4.93	9,323	-36.59
Japan	1,115	4.64	4,225	2.54
Taiwan (China)	248	-35.61	957	-15.77
Hong Kong	63	29.32	645	95.93
Mainland China	21	48.22	35	90.91
Belgium	21	-50.34	446	187.66
Russia	5	-	8	-
The US	2	-	11	-
Vietnam	-	-	51	-
Thailand	-	-	74	-

Zinc Ores	210,724	44.21	912,842	15.92
Origins:
Peru	55,337	403.86	209,478	9.53
Australia	50,894	-2.69	270,394	-8.43
Russia	21,988	238.12	82,064	263.10
Iran	12,943	298.36	26,662	47.83
India	10,657	-	11,505	3737.10
Eritrea	9,260	-	61,168	-
Myanmar	7,290	327.16	25,144	151.72
Mongolia	5,949	-45.10	30,828	6.09
Albania	5,590	-	15,356	1560.35
Morocco	5,546	-43.98	27,901	4.28
Pakistan	4,982	-	12,248	-
Nigeria	4,598	19.26	15,437	94.50
Kazakhstan	3,473	4.02	15,670	2.76
Indonesia	2,956	-	7,692	18.53
Dominican Republic	2,124	128.54	4,196	-39.21
Chile	1,881	-5.04	15,832	5.51
Bolivia	1,796	-52.05	13,837	-18.16
Saudi Arabia	1,105	-	3,503	-62.07
Laos	729	-	2,311	-
Vietnam	540	-	1,861	-27.47
Turkey	522	-31.90	1,792	-63.61
Serbia	460	-54.24	1,402	-28.49
Mexico	79	-99.02	731	-96.14
Zambia	24	-	24	-

Exports:
refined zinc	1,753	-16.05	5,981	-11.17
Origins:
Taiwan (China)	500	17.84	2,278	59.75
Vietnam	402	4191.72	1,330	314.42
Thailand	250	110.31	502	262.29
Djibouti	224	-	472	9336.18
Bangladesh	200	-2.39	501	144.08
The Republic of Sudan	170	-	170	-
Tanzania	3	-	3	-
The Philippines	2	-	7	29.34
The United Arab Emirates	1	-	1	-99.95
Note:“-”meansdataisunavailable.
(Source:ChinaCustoms)
(EditedbySMM)

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