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DashboardDatabaseProReportsEventsCar InsightSHANGHAI,Sep.26 (SMM) - The General Administration of Customs Sep.26 released China's imports and exports of primary aluminum,alumina,aluminum semis and bauxite in Aug. 2017 (unit: mt):
Aug. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Aug. | YoY (%) | |
Imports: | ||||
Primary Aluminum | 7,706 | -20.67 | 85,436 | 34.55 |
Origins: | ||||
Malaysia | 1,559 | 74.17 | 19,942 | 460.63 |
Iran | 1,356 | 35.67 | 7,559 | 23.05 |
Russia | 1,220 | 54.86 | 10,048 | 233.60 |
Oman | 1,132 | 340.31 | 7,825 | -18.76 |
Australia | 1,097 | 15.07 | 10,927 | 31.20 |
New Zealand | 844 | -51.66 | 8,098 | -36.73 |
South Africa | 376 | -25.16 | 3,307 | 558.88 |
Germany | 50 | -9.85 | 237 | -33.98 |
Nigeria | 27 | -0.80 | 1,273 | 234.87 |
Japan | 22 | 35.08 | 144 | 38.38 |
Taiwan (China) | 21 | 1.31 | 77 | -67.97 |
South Korea | 2 | 70.48 | 17 | -96.76 |
The US | 0 | -88.20 | 2 | -34.76 |
aluminum alloy | 5,565 | 48.86 | 40,596 | 8.41 |
Origins: | ||||
The United Arab Emirates | 1,162 | 115.34 | 9,338 | 63.06 |
Taiwan (China) | 1,041 | 37.51 | 8,069 | 30.71 |
South Korea | 1,029 | 543.05 | 4,676 | 57.30 |
Malaysia | 429 | -20.99 | 4,803 | 112.51 |
Russia | 357 | 35,627.00 | 1,192 | 71.79 |
Mainland China | 292 | 4.35 | 1,945 | -38.54 |
Japan | 267 | -9.38 | 2,178 | 17.92 |
Mongolia | 203 | - | 659 | 153.00 |
Indonesia | 200 | -0.19 | 399 | -58.19 |
Germany | 189 | 154.49 | 582 | 58.65 |
South Africa | 93 | 4,225.65 | 259 | 77.29 |
Vietnam | 81 | 7.16 | 858 | 159.00 |
Italy | 69 | - | 130 | - |
Canada | 42 | - | 276 | 270.98 |
The US | 41 | -41.10 | 444 | 33.50 |
The UK | 26 | 18.86 | 97 | -11.58 |
Hong Kong | 20 | - | 20 | -15.95 |
Kazakhstan | 15 | 14.86 | 107 | -0.31 |
Cameroon | 8 | - | 8 | - |
Holland | 0 | - | 49 | 8,244.35 |
scrap aluminum | 171,008 | -12.24 | 1,410,343 | 15.30 |
Origins: | ||||
The US | 47,121 | -17.88 | 377,651 | 5.43 |
Hong Kong | 31,226 | -9.45 | 205,858 | -16.69 |
Thailand | 21,519 | 1,730.73 | 144,077 | 2,016.90 |
Australia | 17,971 | -48.85 | 193,482 | -0.84 |
The Philippines | 12,907 | 968.07 | 47,786 | 2,958.81 |
The UK | 9,864 | -16.25 | 107,237 | 59.91 |
Malaysia | 8,952 | -69.02 | 170,855 | -3.14 |
Canada | 6,522 | 68.81 | 28,405 | 57.48 |
Germany | 2,923 | 44.13 | 16,428 | -39.42 |
Holland | 2,490 | -57.70 | 35,217 | -11.37 |
Belgium | 1,596 | -35.06 | 19,231 | 0.44 |
Japan | 1,415 | 20.24 | 8,739 | -6.49 |
Mexico | 1,245 | 150.05 | 3,596 | 39.92 |
Italy | 866 | 57.41 | 6,697 | 29.64 |
Sweden | 851 | -64.14 | 9,950 | -1.41 |
South Korea | 636 | 4.69 | 3,641 | -11.90 |
Taiwan (China) | 625 | 40.63 | 2,120 | -31.56 |
France | 417 | -73.20 | 6,948 | -18.20 |
Denmark | 396 | 830.78 | 1,792 | -14.77 |
Spain | 351 | -9.25 | 7,178 | 26.83 |
Singapore | 260 | -13.16 | 2,575 | 54.04 |
Norway | 258 | -74.30 | 2,258 | -58.38 |
Mongolia | 155 | 407.41 | 456 | 4.06 |
Brazil | 152 | - | 347 | -19.58 |
New Zealand | 146 | 169.46 | 1,651 | 65.10 |
Swiss | 105 | - | 105 | - |
Greece | 22 | -4.56 | 167 | 108.13 |
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico | 20 | - | 288 | - |
alumina | 287,138 | 123.07 | 1,958,472 | -3.39 |
Origins: | ||||
Australia | 146,210 | 51.80 | 870,372 | -32.93 |
Vietnam | 81,230 | - | 343,857 | 60.13 |
Indonesia | 52,478 | 86.72 | 433,755 | 1,338.86 |
Japan | 2,012 | 5.57 | 12,330 | 4.42 |
Germany | 1,847 | 58.37 | 12,743 | 26.53 |
France | 1,771 | 155.52 | 13,670 | 96.11 |
India | 1,083 | 187.79 | 190,015 | 2.67 |
South Korea | 261 | 325.40 | 1,199 | 0.96 |
The US | 212 | 294.93 | 8,708 | -76.75 |
Canada | 28 | - | 301 | 105.59 |
Taiwan (China) | 4 | 15,908.00 | 15 | -69.49 |
Portugal | 1 | - | 1 | 1,150.00 |
The UK | 1 | - | 5 | 3,428.17 |
Mainland China | 0 | -99.97 | 992 | 4,912.79 |
Bauxite | 6,529,391 | 47.12 | 44,631,031 | 34.39 |
Origins: | ||||
Guinea | 2,784,796 | 180.32 | 17,675,315 | 175.57 |
Australia | 2,307,554 | 3.13 | 15,917,784 | 14.60 |
Malaysia | 549,995 | 9.83 | 4,545,194 | -22.37 |
Brazil | 527,617 | 22.92 | 2,172,449 | -8.33 |
Solomon Islands | 155,250 | - | 857,814 | - |
Indonesia | 97,658 | - | 147,953 | - |
India | 54,628 | -26.76 | 1,858,674 | -46.35 |
Republic of Ghana | 49,183 | -37.01 | 510,346 | -20.93 |
Guyana | 2,671 | - | 3,427 | 29.79 |
Japan | 40 | - | 210 | - |
aluminum semi-finished products | 34,407 | -2.40 | 257,847 | 2.00 |
Including: | ||||
Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 4,776 | 3.24 | 36,761 | -5.68 |
Aluminum wire | 948 | -15.01 | 7,658 | 1.72 |
Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 22,381 | -3.12 | 166,437 | 3.84 |
aluminum foil | 5,328 | -3.69 | 39,195 | 0.23 |
Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 846 | 11.08 | 6,816 | 16.91 |
Finished products: | ||||
Aluminum structure and components | 620 | 45.12 | 3,852 | 39.99 |
Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 3 | -92.42 | 87 | -9.79 |
Exports: | ||||
Primary Aluminum | 240 | -69.46 | 10,892 | -33.72 |
Destination: | ||||
Taiwan (China) | 158 | 57,955.51 | 3,357 | -44.92 |
Japan | 61 | 205.48 | 1,157 | 396.29 |
The US | 20 | - | 24 | 206.40 |
The Republic of Sudan | - | -100.00 | 10 | 13.35 |
Cuba | - | - | 4 | 46.27 |
Australia | - | -100.00 | 1 | -85.54 |
The Arab Republic of Egypt | - | - | 2 | - |
Hong Kong | - | - | 3,378 | - |
North Korea | - | -100.00 | 232 | 216.09 |
Bangladesh | - | - | 69 | - |
South Korea | - | -100.00 | 2,657 | -73.07 |
aluminum alloy | 49,652 | 14.00 | 363,157 | 11.20 |
Destination: | ||||
Japan | 27,619 | 15.25 | 226,740 | 37.86 |
Hong Kong | 8,035 | -4.33 | 62,518 | -28.92 |
Thailand | 4,234 | 151.08 | 16,410 | 19.15 |
South Korea | 2,066 | -11.28 | 5,797 | -33.05 |
Indonesia | 1,685 | 164.18 | 5,872 | 217.64 |
Vietnam | 1,634 | -9.27 | 13,158 | -13.67 |
Taiwan (China) | 1,568 | 52.48 | 10,362 | 17.93 |
Australia | 908 | -14.93 | 9,887 | 46.78 |
Malaysia | 464 | 294.51 | 1,869 | 56.88 |
The Philippines | 342 | 6.57 | 2,054 | 11.14 |
Norway | 222 | 51.68 | 1,274 | 28.85 |
India | 130 | -87.74 | 1,273 | -72.46 |
Holland | 126 | -46.39 | 806 | -49.22 |
The United Arab Emirates | 120 | 100.00 | 1,026 | -4.01 |
Algeria | 103 | - | 103 | - |
Russia | 101 | - | 465 | 611.55 |
Mexico | 99 | 23.32 | 827 | -74.09 |
Brazil | 98 | -69.78 | 1,056 | -54.05 |
South Africa | 40 | 47.57 | 201 | 34.74 |
The US | 30 | -62.73 | 443 | 3.39 |
Turkey | 14 | -44.06 | 65 | -28.93 |
Iran | 10 | 25.00 | 101 | 676.92 |
Italy | 6 | -65.12 | 97 | -26.93 |
Pakistan | 1 | - | 191 | 47.58 |
Myanmar | 1 | 66.67 | 11 | -66.40 |
Spain | 1 | - | 109 | 232.01 |
Canada | 0 | - | 14 | -26.69 |
scrap aluminum | 17 | -67.48 | 363 | -4.26 |
Destination: | ||||
Japan | 17 | -55.43 | 311 | 7.13 |
Turkey | - | - | 45 | 60.71 |
Vietnam | - | - | 2 | - |
India | - | - | 4 | - |
Pakistan | - | - | 1 | -30.70 |
alumina | 7,093 | 69.38 | 37,545 | -31.47 |
Destination | ||||
South Korea | 3,251 | 1,938.09 | 12,810 | 45.32 |
Japan | 1,083 | 171.12 | 6,772 | 124.20 |
The US | 367 | 4.41 | 2,744 | 19.17 |
Australia | 300 | - | 3,008 | 6,021.34 |
North Korea | 298 | -85.46 | 2,049 | -67.74 |
Indonesia | 251 | 2,180.00 | 410 | 86.53 |
Russia | 244 | 405.65 | 834 | -3.30 |
Vietnam | 236 | 2.63 | 1,461 | 36.34 |
Bangladesh | 178 | - | 432 | 27.44 |
India | 131 | -50.60 | 679 | -22.33 |
Iran | 127 | -60.48 | 579 | -94.76 |
Taiwan (China) | 112 | -22.74 | 1,632 | 17.32 |
Canada | 92 | 251.17 | 253 | 6.06 |
Nigeria | 81 | - | 189 | -56.40 |
Malaysia | 72 | 58.30 | 491 | 0.37 |
Thailand | 59 | 32.59 | 247 | 116.88 |
Spain | 41 | - | 128 | 49.56 |
Tanzania | 37 | - | 37 | - |
The UK | 31 | 222.61 | 195 | 186.17 |
Italy | 26 | 8.32 | 146 | -71.50 |
Germany | 23 | 4,515.00 | 190 | 88.22 |
France | 23 | 28,755.00 | 95 | 29.69 |
Turkey | 6 | 21.80 | 608 | 1,925.95 |
Portugal | 4 | 34.17 | 13 | 9.40 |
Cambodia | 3 | - | 5 | - |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | - | 130 | 150.10 |
Belgium | 2 | -79.95 | 181 | 61.71 |
Pakistan | 2 | - | 97 | -29.11 |
The United Arab Emirates | 2 | - | 89 | 580.30 |
Holland | 2 | 108.00 | 58 | -62.87 |
Nigeria | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Albania | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Zambia | 1 | 70.00 | 1 | -8.60 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 2,905.56 | 13 | 140.84 |
The Czech Republic | 0 | - | 1 | 650.00 |
Lithuania | 0 | - | 1 | - |
Slovenia | 0 | - | 1 | -90.44 |
Republic of Ghana | 0 | - | 47 | - |
Swiss | 0 | - | 1 | - |
Hungary | 0 | -93.33 | 8 | -29.24 |
aluminum semi-finished products | 360,000 | -3.20 | 2,880,000 | 5.20 |
Including: | ||||
Aluminum bar, rod, and profile | 75,227 | -29.00 | 555,186 | -30.17 |
Aluminum wire | 2,260 | 15.86 | 16,543 | 11.65 |
Aluminum plate, sheet, and strip | 175,010 | 15.08 | 1,417,151 | 27.03 |
aluminum foil | 93,400 | -4.92 | 794,907 | 10.12 |
Aluminum tube (including accessories) | 11,507 | 6.31 | 89,942 | 8.53 |
Finished products: | ||||
Aluminum structure and components | 73,835 | 6.49 | 580,063 | 17.00 |
Aluminum stranded wire, cable | 9,300 | -34.04 | 136,759 | 17.98 |
Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
(Source: China Customs) | ||||
(Edited by SMM) |
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