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) |
