China Nickel Imports and Exports Data Jul. 2017

Published: Aug 23, 2017 18:05 (GMT+8)

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

SHANGHAI, Aug.23 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's Jul. 2017 imports and exports of nickel on Aug.23 (Unit: mt)

	Jul.	YoY (%)	Jan.– Jul.	YoY (%)
Imports:
Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy)	21,280	-24.52	118,902	-54.35
Origins:
Russia	11,347	-25.22	58,536	-66.47
Canada	2,556	-37.05	15,282	-33.11
Australia	1,948	171.51	12,582	94.03
South Africa	1,360	-27.45	6,194	-47.12
South Korea	1,203	60,040.20	1,862	38.18
Norway	791	-67.87	5,456	-64.62
Japan	725	-31.77	5,071	-47.32
The UK	553	58.21	3,035	62.69
Madagascar	540	-16.15	4,795	-10.07
Finland	226	-74.98	2,533	-38.73
The US	24	93.02	113	20.09
Belgium	6	3.33	38	88.50
Germany	1	-	5	105.79

Nickel Ore	3,701,330	14.35	15,572,610	6.55
Origins:
The Philippines	3,256,730	4.55	13,263,815	-3.55
Indonesia	232,374	-	1,089,942	306.04
The Republic of Guatemala	96,459	1,902,448.01	294,188	5,802,420.30
New Caledonia	80,928	7.28	583,169	209.34
South Africa	22,433	149.59	93,035	180.81
Australia	6,879	-64.98	45,809	-64.56
Republic of Zimbabwe	4,887	-21.16	24,475	-1.82
Malaysia	640	-	1,961	212.77

ferronickel	140,864	52.78	893,593	60.38
Origins:
Indonesia	97,365	30.77	659,796	68.89
Myanmar	15,753	-	51,267	-
New Caledonia	11,390	79.98	73,589	34.87
Colombia	6,984	29.76	35,359	-6.80
Brazil	4,085	82.22	28,710	-13.92
Japan	3,121	126.91	17,235	4.55
Macedonia	1,248	12.30	15,912	79.39
France	476	-	993	-
Dominican	442	343.23	3,428	3,337.52

Exports:
Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy)	1,629	14.83	11,726	55.42
Destination
Belgium	618	-	2,086	-
Taiwan (China)	340	-25.78	6,393	185.53
Spain	280	-	700	-
Italy	240	50.00	600	275.00
The US	42	108.32	288	-1.25
Pakistan	29	6.31	129	-23.03
India	24	-38.53	376	849.90
Iran	20	1.18	62	-68.82
Hong Kong	18	-	144	-95.31
Thailand	17	-17.00	93	38.84

ferronickel	517	-	517	-49.52
Destination:
Finland	517	-	517	-
Note: “-” means data is unavailable.
(Source: China Customs)
(Edited by SMM)

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