SHANGHAI, Oct.24 (SMM) - The General Administration of China Customs released data of China's Sep. 2017 imports and exports of nickel on Oct.24 (Unit: mt)
| Sep. | YoY (%) | Jan.– Sep. | YoY (%) | |
| Imports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 18,319 | -37.60 | 155,382 | -51.39 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Russia | 8,358 | -37.61 | 75,934 | -62.85 |
| Australia | 3,339 | -45.43 | 16,885 | 1.32 |
| Japan | 1,717 | 6.66 | 7,852 | -36.34 |
| Canada | 1,434 | -54.58 | 18,881 | -34.35 |
| South Africa | 1,108 | 4.13 | 8,013 | -46.23 |
| Madagascar | 700 | -12.94 | 6,775 | 0.58 |
| Norway | 645 | -54.00 | 7,216 | -61.19 |
| The UK | 592 | 65.78 | 3,947 | 59.03 |
| Finland | 365 | -42.67 | 3,588 | -32.10 |
| South Korea | 22 | 2,076.00 | 2,584 | 91.54 |
| Hong Kong | 20 | 13,399.33 | 21 | 1,327.05 |
| The US | 18 | -52.15 | 146 | 10.03 |
| Germany | 0 | -99.69 | 5 | 25.58 |
| North Korea | - | - | 4 | -81.85 |
| Brazil | - | - | 24 | -97.91 |
| Mainland China | - | - | 2,496 | -19.97 |
| Taiwan (China) | - | -100.00 | 960 | -64.00 |
| Belgium | - | -100.00 | 49 | 83.84 |
| Nickel Ore | 5,670,364 | 14.09 | 25,955,072 | 8.82 |
| Origins: | ||||
| The Philippines | 4,918,177 | -0.09 | 22,160,688 | -2.92 |
| Indonesia | 600,095 | - | 2,289,321 | 752.84 |
| Turkey | 48,765 | - | 188,702 | - |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 31,087 | 81.72 | 341,885 | 1,897.94 |
| New Caledonia | 27,451 | - | 652,045 | 145.39 |
| Russia | 22,368 | 100.21 | 100,613 | -4.52 |
| Australia | 12,666 | - | 64,655 | -49.99 |
| South Africa | 9,757 | -12.73 | 113,582 | 156.33 |
| The Independent State of Papua New Guinea | - | - | 1,067 | - |
| Canada | - | - | 4,821 | - |
| Tanzania | - | - | 143 | -67.81 |
| Malaysia | - | -100.00 | 1,961 | 73.40 |
| Republic of Zimbabwe | - | -100.00 | 25,447 | -42.43 |
| Brazil | - | - | 221 | -99.42 |
| Finland | - | - | 9,920 | -49.73 |
| ferronickel | 104,542 | 46.51 | 1,094,785 | 54.33 |
| Origins: | ||||
| Indonesia | 74,342 | 38.92 | 792,393 | 57.10 |
| New Caledonia | 10,915 | 17.37 | 90,533 | 20.83 |
| Myanmar | 7,019 | - | 72,719 | - |
| Colombia | 6,954 | 26,776.22 | 49,416 | 21.23 |
| Brazil | 2,327 | -41.36 | 36,335 | -10.60 |
| Japan | 1,109 | -52.21 | 19,560 | -2.29 |
| Macedonia | 767 | -2.14 | 20,129 | 82.81 |
| Dominican | 572 | 420.01 | 4,442 | 2,018.05 |
| South Korea | 489 | 209.16 | 912 | -89.20 |
| The Republic of Guatemala | 50 | -93.96 | 1,218 | -82.52 |
| The US | 0 | - | 5 | 88.95 |
| Dominican | - | - | 160 | - |
| Australia | - | - | 10 | - |
| Serbia | - | - | 5,959 | - |
| France | - | - | 993 | - |
| Exports: | ||||
| Unwrought Nickel (Refined Nickel+Nickel Alloy) | 1,666 | -13.59 | 14,473 | 26.36 |
| Destination | ||||
| Taiwan (China) | 840 | 943.74 | 7,754 | 202.94 |
| Belgium | 340 | -71.67 | 2,586 | 34.69 |
| Spain | 140 | 40.00 | 840 | 165.16 |
| Italy | 120 | -50.00 | 840 | 16.67 |
| Hong Kong | 71 | - | 215 | -93.02 |
| The US | 45 | -24.22 | 373 | -6.29 |
| Slovenia | 40 | - | 40 | - |
| India | 24 | -42.75 | 424 | 245.47 |
| South Korea | 20 | -44.30 | 130 | -86.39 |
| Pakistan | 19 | -62.32 | 154 | -33.33 |
| Australia | 7 | - | 13 | - |
| Iran | - | -100.00 | 102 | -73.00 |
| Malaysia | - | - | 48 | -10.99 |
| Vietnam | - | -100.00 | 59 | -54.31 |
| Indonesia | - | - | 467 | 357.50 |
| Holland | - | - | 50 | - |
| Turkey | - | -100.00 | 9 | -87.25 |
| South Africa | - | - | 274 | 356.67 |
| Thailand | - | -100.00 | 93 | 25.28 |
| The UK | - | - | 1 | -40.00 |
| ferronickel | 279 | -43.87 | 1,573 | -22.01 |
| Destination: | ||||
| India | 279 | - | 279 | - |
| Finland | - | - | 993 | - |
| Taiwan (China) | - | - | 301 | - |
| Note: “-” means data is unavailable. | ||||
| (Source: China Customs) | ||||
| (Edited by SMM) |
