China Copper Imports and Exports Data August 2017

Published: Sep 26, 2017 15:53
The General Administration of Customs released on Sep.26 China's copper imports and exports in August 2017. (Unit: mt)

SHANGHAI, Sep.26 (SMM) -- The General Administration of Customs released on Sep.26 China's copper imports and exports in August 2017. (Unit: mt)

  Aug. YoY (%) Jan.– Aug. YoY (%)
Imports:        
Refined Copper 254672 9.77 2081683 -18.68
Origins        
Chile 86933 11 706001 -25.21
India 36186 943.41 235193 103.94
Japan 17814 -26.02 125163 -32.95
Kazakhstan 14918 11.84 123971 -7.96
Peru 14294 41.09 116950 5.84
South Korea 13292 72 66342 -19.49
Australia 10456 -52.58 94763 -45.64
Bulgarian   9684 202.36 64146 85.24
Mainland China 7114 -61.17 97394 154.42
Poland 6983 17.76 71506 -2.93
Congo 5196 -49.62 60205 -53.58
The Philippines 4997 -0.47 14422 -43.14
Germany 3802 19059.32 11632 -14.95
Indonesia 3591 - 12069 84.29
Iran 2947 -0.69 21674 -7.16
Brazil 2635 -54.03 26428 -68.01
Zambia 2569 38.35 13869 -70.76
Belgium 2243 13.49 32316 -38.36
Mexico 1977 -34.1 45683 42
South Africa 1788 -17.46 11067 -33.56
Uzbekistan 1699 -43.57 11053 -1.9
Mongolia 941 -5.99 6546 16.81
Republic of the Congo 800 - 7511 418.76
Russia 606 -82.97 25250 -70.8
Myanmar 500 - 25550 132.28
The United Arab Emirates 249 -77.19 1533 -89.58
Cameroon 111 108.38 628 28.04
         
Copper Anode 73589 8.89 509885 2.83
Origins        
Zambia 39518 -4.08 268717 5.52
Chile 18724 -4.62 154287 -7.77
South Africa 4916 317.33 10164 14.84
Congo 3194 18.97 24193 -25.94
Mexico 1531 - 7549 3194.07
Belgium 1154 322.92 7516 32.43
Pakistan 1011 -32.16 10321 23.29
Peru 802 - 921 -58.75
Taiwan (China) 426 23.03 3166 20.68
Turkey 398 - 398 1831.9
South Korea 256 68.25 2455 18.41
Italy 245 - 1985 -11.08
The United Arab Emirates 235 50.69 878 104.74
Iran 222 11.83 2062 138.21
Thailand 201 60.33 1497 7.67
Uzbekistan 162 - 720 -
Hong Kong 148 - 193 709.55
Venezuela 138 - 138 -53.46
         
copper alloy 6443 43.05 42365 34.83
Origins        
Zambia 1577 - 4332 628.36
Lithuania 1273 160.13 4767 139.17
Russia 566 18.7 4747 35.21
Japan 517 3.45 4298 26.84
Ukraine 509 478.07 2918 104.83
South Korea 341 -47.29 5803 17.24
Estonia 275 -26.03 1636 31.05
Taiwan (China) 216 -33.71 1466 -9.59
Turkey 168 -59.24 2012 -25.47
The US 109 44.87 706 -27.94
Yemen 106 143.22 598 -48.45
Pakistan 105 - 1146 -
Latvia 103 -47.26 702 -20.49
         
Scrap Copper 309767 -1.67 2449162 13.65
Origins        
Hong Kong 57270 -11.71 438770 0.89
The US 48879 9.81 339169 -4.66
Australia 38126 -25.54 304379 -5.42
The Philippines 24701 678.42 137857 732.53
Japan 17374 6.09 149259 22.75
Holland 17365 -13.2 145058 8.28
The UK 13545 -7.88 105913 -9.17
Thailand 12610 28.73 109787 135.47
Germany 12600 -7.59 109859 15.05
Malaysia 11525 -45.27 130564 10.24
South Korea 7395 -32.86 68154 16.09
Italy 6718 24.83 52951 42.72
France 4207 -0.53 31119 7.66
Spain 3834 4.87 44148 22.09
Mexico 3360 -18.6 31054 -2.05
Belgium 3292 -3.87 26992 0.28
Canada 2908 -16.46 25615 -10.38
Colombia 2630 74.31 15944 28.71
The United Arab Emirates 1627 34.11 14747 40.5
South Africa 1272 38.69 6821 38.92
Saudi Arabia 1244 846.51 11985 469.97
Denmark  1052 26.65 5184 26.4
Taiwan (China) 1019 135.37 5048 28.22
Venezuela 901 85.71 3766 229.97
Chile 892 -10.13 8589 -6.65
Brazil 794 -24.7 8816 28.89
Rumania 789 -0.41 5311 13.39
Singapore 691 8.95 3921 -10.12
The Czech Republic 604 81.5 4664 38.23
Lithuania 591 231.87 4450 57.47
New Zealand 482 -13.87 4383 1.43
Greece 465 67.39 5676 84.96
Dominican 452 82.48 2543 26.29
Poland 417 -54.48 4903 23.68
Portugal 414 -61.13 8751 48.75
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 394 3.44 2450 29.67
Latvia 367 -11.8 2611 30.92
Indonesia 360 657.47 2172 63.57
Sweden 339 -55.24 4801 7.92
Peru 335 8.64 3376 68.51
Paraguay 329 114.75 1957 93.18
Ecuador  326 71.52 3108 25.55
Bulgarian   310 58.07 2644 49.35
Norway 309 -45.94 3628 -18.7
The State of Kuwait 303 400.03 1802 397.19
Russia 299 416.87 1291 518.65
Finland 266 -40.22 3525 -9.3
Lebanon 258 30.08 2164 21.1
Pakistan 251 - 1206 -41
Bolivia 245 903.15 958 1438.62
Israel 241 33.91 2561 83.68
Estonia 222 18.56 997 156.77
Hungary 221 -27.21 2525 36.86
The Republic of Guatemala 196 61.29 1269 71.72
Trinidad and Tobago 185 - 527 105.37格
Nigeria 185 -54.15 1309 6.68
Tanzania 170 - 279 35
The Slovak Republic 165 -44.13 935 -15.44
The Kingdom of Bahrain 163 773.5 614 172.53
Austria 155 206.01 811 70.06
Malta 135 425.91 2824 479.97
Cuba 119 -30.56 765 -7.74
         
copper concentrate 1436354 -0.15 11095711 2.85
Origins        
Chile 403967 10.39 2748550 -6.91
Peru 396475 -0.25 3214451 15.71
Mongolia 118710 -15.19 942045 -10.72
Mexico 109779 42.35 645295 7.95
Kazakhstan 78884 82.1 442905 140.61
Spain 62166 102.24 539982 86.71
Australia 43437 -27.04 508227 -6.51
Laos 36666 72.96 221947 3.87
Iran 30669 -38.6 197635 -35.61
Armenia 22695 253.68 108031 -19.93
The United Arab Emirates 19758 -6.61 47766 119.33
Canada 19207 -50.25 213939 -30.71
Taiwan (China) 16025 - 58221 42.06
Malaysia 14739 - 83096 230.12
The Philippines 12431 0.84 84385 -21.67
Indonesia 9965 -50.77 115301 -28.3
Mauritania 8101 -62.46 86758 -40.41
Dominican 5473 - 5607 -53.79
The US 5394 -78.83 217556 -12.66
Portugal 4460 -75.52 44448 -50.23
Brazil 4198 - 90502 160.74
Zambia 3163 268.99 17771 211.52
Morocco 2799 -67.25 39189 34.37
Bolivia 1882 35.48 4916 -81.33
South Africa 1566 - 15022 58.45
Vietnam 1006 50.25 2708 193.8
Thailand 671 -21.53 2069 -64.47
Bulgarian   600 46.5 1048 -92.71
Turkey 484 -96.82 139731 8.36
Myanmar 375 - 4031 -15.54
Russia 272 -75 5012 52.66
India 159 -98.63 30719 -10.44
         
Copper Semis 51159 1.3 375966 4.1
Including        
Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles 5092 14.68 39896 -0.83
Copper Wires 12110 -11.79 87849 -7.15
Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips 10739 -4.41 85042 9.93
Copper Foils 20571 7.6 142690 7.19
Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) 2353 47.59 17614 34.39
Copper Stranded Wires, Cables 1242 10.95 11001 2.88
         
Exports:        
Refined Copper 31468 -45.04 217556 -35.12
Destination        
South Korea 16357 -57.57 79848 -30.32
Taiwan (China) 7118 36.36 62542 10.23
Indonesia 3001 130.94 24099 109.81
Vietnam 1512 -17.09 13985 16.22
Malaysia 1301 -51.55 15986 -33.77
Pakistan 1173 42.48 7264 49.49
Thailand 901 347.92 4197 -46.73
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 100 -33.26 696 -41.98
The US 5 - 38 152.52
         
anode copper 0 175 86 -96.74
Destination        
Hong Kong - - 86 -96.76
         
copper alloy 0 - 23 123.37
Destination        
Thailand - - 2 -20
Taiwan (China) - - 4 232.8
Australia - - 3 -
Hong Kong - - 7 600
India - - 1 -81.88
Singapore - - 6 200
         
Scrap Copper 17 -43.97 234 69.56
Destination        
Hong Kong 15 - 159 562.13
South Korea 2 - 11 -29.23
The US - -100 20 230.29
Japan - -100 38 53.58
Malaysia - - 7 -
         
copper concentrate 0 - 77 -97.17
Destination        
Italy - - 52 100
Germany - - 2 -
The Philippines - - 23 -
         
Copper Semis 37824 -3.8 325880 7.5
Including        
Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles 825 -0.79 6334 22.41
Copper Wires 3357 -13.36 30058 11.01
Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips 3026 -4.89 24479 12.98
Copper Foils 9842 -11.05 80782 0.02
Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) 20,447 1.9 182058 9.61
Copper Stranded Wires, Cables 391 -19.87 2282 24.61
Note: “-” means data is unavailable.        
(Source: China Customs)        
(Edited by SMM)        

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China Copper Imports and Exports Data August 2017 - Shanghai Metals Market (SMM)