SHANGHAI, Sep.26 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's Aug. 2017 imports and exports of nickel on Sep.26 (Unit: mt)
| Aug. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Aug. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 18,159 | -39.08 | 137,061 | -52.79 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Russia | 9,040 | -44.94 | 67,576 | -64.62 |
| Canada | 2,165 | -21.39 | 17,447 | -31.85 |
| Madagascar | 1,280 | 113.33 | 6,075 | 2.41 |
| Norway | 1,115 | -36.88 | 6,572 | -61.77 |
| Japan | 1,062 | -3.12 | 6,134 | -42.80 |
| Australia | 965 | -76.24 | 13,547 | 28.44 |
| South Africa | 710 | -66.56 | 6,904 | -50.10 |
| South Korea | 701 | 69,988.40 | 2,563 | 90.07 |
| Finland | 690 | 34.40 | 3,223 | -30.65 |
| The UK | 320 | 23.40 | 3,355 | 57.89 |
| Mainland China | 60 | -70.00 | 2,496 | -19.97 |
| Brazil | 24 | 4,615.80 | 24 | -97.91 |
| The US | 14 | 18,384.62 | 127 | 35.31 |
| Belgium | 11 | 340.00 | 49 | 115.99 |
| Germany | 1 | 56.00 | 5 | 98.54 |
| North Korea | - | -100.00 | 4 | -81.85 |
| Hong Kong | - | -100.00 | 1 | -39.62 |
| Taiwan (China) | - | - | 960 | -55.53 |
| Nickel Ore | 4,677,260 | 9.65 | 20,278,472 | 7.40 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The Philippines | 3,962,947 | -4.58 | 17,235,200 | -3.74 |
| Indonesia | 578,084 | - | 1,690,302 | 529.69 |
| Turkey | 48,441 | - | 139,937 | - |
| New Caledonia | 43,314 | -43.89 | 624,594 | 135.06 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 16,610 | - | 310,798 | 6,130,041.46 |
| South Africa | 10,792 | - | 103,826 | 213.38 |
| Finland | 9,920 | - | 9,920 | -49.73 |
| Australia | 6,181 | - | 51,989 | -59.78 |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | 972 | -94.33 | 25,447 | -39.54 |
| Russia | 0 | -100.00 | 78,245 | -16.95 |
| The Independent State of Papua New Guinea | - | - | 1,067 | - |
| Malaysia | - | -100.00 | 1,961 | 91.92 |
| Brazil | - | -100.00 | 221 | -99.42 |
| Tanzania | - | - | 143 | -67.81 |
| Canada | - | - | 4,821 | - |
| ferronickel | 97,494 | 20.58 | 990,307 | 55.21 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Indonesia | 59,097 | -1.84 | 718,113 | 59.27 |
| Myanmar | 14,433 | - | 65,700 | - |
| Colombia | 7,103 | 153.78 | 42,462 | 4.23 |
| New Caledonia | 6,031 | -45.48 | 79,621 | 21.33 |
| Brazil | 5,298 | 59.52 | 34,008 | -7.27 |
| Macedonia | 3,450 | 154.25 | 19,362 | 89.32 |
| Japan | 1,216 | 0.23 | 18,451 | 4.26 |
| Dominican | 442 | - | 3,870 | 3,780.75 |
| South Korea | 424 | - | 424 | -94.89 |
| The US | - | -100.00 | 5 | 88.92 |
| France | - | - | 993 | - |
| Australia | - | - | 10 | - |
| Serbia | - | - | 5,959 | - |
| Dominican | - | - | 160 | - |
| The Republic of Guatemala | - | -100.00 | 1,168 | -80.99 |
| Exports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 1,100 | -44.50 | 12,825 | 34.64 |
| Destination | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 520 | 116.90 | 6,913 | 178.89 |
| Belgium | 160 | -77.78 | 2,246 | 211.95 |
| Indonesia | 150 | - | 467 | 357.50 |
| Italy | 120 | -62.50 | 720 | 50.00 |
| The US | 41 | -14.80 | 329 | -3.16 |
| Iran | 40 | -59.74 | 102 | -65.81 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 79.63 | 154 | -15.26 |
| India | 24 | -42.56 | 400 | 392.83 |
| South Korea | 20 | -84.40 | 110 | -88.03 |
| The UK | - | - | 1 | -40.00 |
| Australia | - | - | 6 | - |
| Spain | - | -100.00 | 700 | 222.89 |
| Holland | - | - | 50 | - |
| Thailand | - | - | 93 | 38.84 |
| Malaysia | - | - | 48 | -10.99 |
| Hong Kong | - | -100.00 | 144 | -95.34 |
| South Africa | - | - | 274 | 356.67 |
| Vietnam | - | -100.00 | 59 | -49.89 |
| Turkey | - | - | 9 | -80.92 |
| ferronickel | 777 | 56.64 | 1,294 | -14.87 |
| Destination: | ||||
| Finland | 476 | - | 993 | - |
| Taiwan (China) | 301 | - | 301 | - |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) |
