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China's copper imports, exports in Nov 2017

iconDec 26, 2017 15:42
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China released on Dec 26 the country's copper imports and exports in November 2017. 

SHANGHAI, Dec 26 (SMM) - China released on Dec 26 the country's copper imports and exports in November 2017 (Unit: mt): 

  Nov. YoY (%) Jan.– Nov. YoY (%)
Imports:        
Refined copper 329168 18.95 2915013 -10.83
Origins        
Chile 103204 -3.19 981322 -17.88
Mainland China 34893 -6.05 147342 65.93
India 24439 104.3 308934 111.97
Kazakhstan 20543 0.23 175120 -6.6
Japan 16260 -17.08 175048 -31.87
Australia 16240 19.82 132139 -40.39
South Korea 16186 126.43 105369 -1.99
Russia 15440 - 49856 -42.54
Peru 11827 -26.97 151963 0.09
Belgium 11271 525.45 55350 -11.19
Poland 9399 110.25 109791 23.92
Bulgarian   8995 309.03 84718 96.79
Congo 7148 -32.41 81710 -47.44
The Philippines 5526 168.37 24988 -28.1
Mexico 4976 101.66 55145 38.49
Myanmar 4596 12.07 34996 93.35
Sweden 2898 - 24324 211.67
Uzbekistan 2688 32.98 16600 11.89
South Africa 2137 111.68 15143 -28.12
Brazil 2026 182.85 38036 -57.02
Zambia 1313 -58.47 20147 -64.2
Laos 1002 -56.47 12459 -41.91
Spain 1001 100.09 5552 -72.31
Iran 972 -1.14 24619 -9.82
Norway 885 344.03 5609 -48.12
Mongolia 801 -2.34 8608 -3.35
Pakistan 744 - 1626 -
Indonesia 384 -87.95 19863 86.6
Turkey 290 68731.35 332 55.47
Republic of the Congo 253 884.99 7817 430.4
Germany 235 105010.71 13862 1.35
The United Arab Emirates 166 16.55 2037 -88.1
Cameroon 106 2.24 844 21.62
France 102 - 221 -
         
Copper anode 85551 87.54 730565 14.07
Origins        
Zambia 40423 98.98 400068 24.39
Chile 35295 87.9 211466 -5.98
Tanzania 3577 - 9120 764.87
South Africa 1697 99.68 14419 25.15
Spain 997 - 997 -
Congo 794 -16.17 32431 -17.66
Taiwan (China) 575 63.54 4497 20.6
Belgium 477 - 10098 70.49
Thailand 438 249.7 2223 25.46
South Korea 334 65.66 3388 25.45
Italy 246 - 2474 10.82
Pakistan 204 -57.61 12344 4.86
Turkey 189 - 662 3111.91
         
Copper alloy 6716 40.69 59440 32.64
Origins        
South Korea 1484 96.41 8672 16.92
Lithuania 1217 150.6 8224 134.21
Russia 710 69.8 6532 25.49
Japan 689 26.17 5941 25.93
Ukraine 466 100.16 4615 136.74
Turkey 336 54.65 2589 -27.02
Taiwan (China) 213 -47.84 1946 -11.87
France 211 222.65 609 -13.28
Latvia 179 58.82 1066 -10.07
The US 167 6.94 1154 -10.87
South Africa 120 98108.2 168 13108.35
The United Arab Emirates 112 -22.98 938 4.09
         
Scrap copper 271045 -17.28 3293959 9.09
Origins        
Hong Kong 48109 -36.72 591471 -2.44
The US 45787 1.34 474931 -2.69
Australia 34985 -37.94 435404 -6.65
Japan 21008 -8.46 206232 20.5
Germany 13004 -2.39 147414 11.49
The UK 12955 -8.87 145061 -11.29
Holland 10778 -19.43 185317 -1.25
South Korea 9212 -10.41 90736 16.94
The Philippines 8926 120.11 164214 522.01
Thailand 7827 -40.13 146185 94.89
Malaysia 5004 -65.19 151162 -9.95
Mexico 4931 6.61 44434 4.93
Canada 4510 13.83 36839 -8.14
Italy 4481 -11.19 64419 23.68
Spain 4105 5.93 56180 17.5
France 3937 -10.71 40716 1.32
Belgium 2780 -13.19 35708 -1.89
Colombia 2749 38.36 23089 29.54
Taiwan (China) 2396 279.49 11435 110.35
The United Arab Emirates 1469 -1.61 19188 30.55
Chile 1356 54.38 12083 5.75
Saudi Arabia 1308 71.37 16136 341.17
Portugal 1134 13.71 11211 26.05
South Africa 1094 123.4 9942 53.6
Brazil 1042 187.53 11542 40.91
Lithuania 999 51.52 8213 80.99
The Czech Republic 961 87.52 7031 48.67
Finland 920 8.38 5736 0.18
Poland 907 56.1 6797 20.17
Sweden 659 69.68 6519 13.63
New Zealand 640 28.49 5680 -8.6
Singapore 612 58.57 6055 2.05
Rumania 555 -38.9 6922 8.23
Venezuela 544 30.89 6084 200.25
Denmark  475 274.02 6809 38.61
Peru 466 199.98 4428 63.82
Greece 454 0.33 7018 60.5
Norway 451 25.87 4873 -12.84
Bulgarian   444 103.6 3866 63.79
Hungary 426 33.15 3674 43.56
Ecuador  398 0.82 4017 16.38
Morocco 392 - 1247 1044.6
Lebanon 390 65.69 3016 28.03
Latvia 367 6.4 3741 23.82
The Republic of Guatemala 317 209.86 2047 109.94
Dominican 283 14.98 3393 26.16
Indonesia 260 0.17 3182 78.53
Malta 257 48.32 3712 354.66
The Slovak Republic 247 237.04 1397 1.88
Pakistan 247 1211.26 1840 -12.38
Tanzania 241 - 520 93.03
Paraguay 239 -14.46 2921 76.1
Israel 234 209.29 3424 108.63
The State of Kuwait 216 179.23 2522 421.87
Russia 211 362.28 1653 437.3
Bolivia 193 - 1589 2450.9
Mainland China 191 -47.47 1180 -72.24
Honduras 146 -5.78 1268 -14.93
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 123 -2.62 2903 22.26
The Republic of Panama 120 -16.53 1073 1.06
Jordan 117 99.74 797 539.13
The Republic of Haiti 113 63.93 962 5.88
The Kingdom of Bahrain 113 - 910 273.16
Nigeria 109 36.98 1581 -0.04
         
Copper concentrate 1776532 1 15698384 2.65
Origins        
Chile 491820 -8.8 4093886 -5.19
Peru 479814 -6.95 4474407 13.82
Mexico 151279 18.03 879849 -3.25
Mongolia 108246 -15.95 1266945 -9.51
Spain 105058 33.29 689900 64.52
Australia 84478 33.31 734827 3.14
Kazakhstan 66773 69.06 680033 124.87
The US 51127 1.71 376289 -10.07
Canada 50557 262.61 313428 -25.55
Iran 48870 20.89 281951 -36.92
The United Arab Emirates 19520 1588.96 86698 254.86
Laos 18652 -54.93 280275 -8.59
Indonesia 15313 -61.77 171084 -34.38
India 15205 - 45900 33.82
Saudi Arabia 10142 -3.11 47318 13.79
The Independent State of Papua New Guinea 9944 - 39644 294.01
Malaysia 9317 10528.84 101805 272.55
Portugal 9030 - 71551 -30.55
Morocco 8086 13.34 54215 13
Mauritania 7035 -8.84 119528 -32.86
Dominican 4538 - 10155 -16.3
The Philippines 1880 -73.72 140405 9.16
Zambia 1609 365.09 23933 140.69
Bolivia 1390 - 8943 -70.58
Armenia 1366 -92.31 152153 -13.4
Brazil 1111 21.82 120711 115.44
Congo 899 771.08 12069 11535.06
Russia 545 - 6647 21.78
Myanmar 499 184.23 4530 -41.33
Thailand 492 135.67 2625 -58.57
Vietnam 491 - 5239 171.86
Ecuador  325 -47.01 6204 -42.93
Turkey 309 - 150438 -7.22
Oman 214 - 28456 -35.27
Nigeria 202 27.77 350 -10.79
South Africa 193 -96.27 22909 15.27
Madagascar 137 - 1175 -10.9
         
Copper semis 52220 -0.9 531556 5.1
Including        
Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles 5868 19.28 56153 4.74
Copper Wires 11737 -11.82 123453 -5.98
Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips 11898 4.73 120091 10.83
Copper Foils 19916 -4.16 204031 7.39
Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) 2243 14.41 23779 25.99
Copper Stranded Wires, Cables 915 -35.81 14616 -0.76
         
Exports:        
Refined copper 23587 124.14 296796 -25.16
Destination        
Taiwan (China) 14130 282.13 101488 45.42
Indonesia 4293 257.71 33696 116.88
Vietnam 2396 21.51 18899 26.83
Thailand 721 20.32 7245 -22.74
Pakistan 649 -41.05 10108 41.17
Malaysia 599 -59.52 23967 -32.97
South Korea 497 1835.2 86844 -36.43
Bangladesh 100 - 2804 -25.77
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 100 -33.48 995 -39.74
Japan 100 -49.54 1346 -50.54
The US 3 - 44 192.3
Singapore - - 8665 -91.06
Brazil - - 300 -
Myanmar - - 396 -
         
Copper anode 4 99.85 91 -96.58
Destination        
Turkmenistan 4 - 4 -
Hong Kong - - 86 -96.76
         
Copper alloy 1 -94.7 31 -15.23
Destination        
Hong Kong 1 - 10 185.71
Taiwan (China) - - 5 316
Australia - - 3 -38.54
Thailand - - 6 140
India - -100 1 -77.92
Singapore - -100 6 100
         
Scrap copper 27 46.06 309 84.74
Destination        
Hong Kong 23 2200 229 575.21
South Korea 4 183.73 15 -15.8
The US - -100 20 186.93
Japan - -100 38 -4.79
Malaysia - - 7 -
         
Copper concentrate 45 - 188 -95.59
Destination        
Malaysia 45 - 45 -
Germany - - 2 -
Italy - - 52 -
The Philippines - - 23 -
Thailand - - 66 -
         
Copper semis 38221 -1.4 434009 5.1
Including        
Copper Bars, Rods and Profiles 739 -12.26 8460 14.86
Copper Wires 3663 -3.07 40059 5.49
Copper Plates, Sheets, and Strips 2913 -0.39 33011 13.3
Copper Foils 9658 -14.49 109366 -2.93
Copper Pipes and Tubes (Including Accessories) 20,894 6.18 239954 7.72
Copper Stranded Wires, Cables 285 116.52 3168 36.87
Note: “-” means data is unavailable.        
(Source: China Customs)        
(Edited by SMM)        
China copper imports and exports
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