China's nickel imports, exports in Nov 2017

Published: Dec 26, 2017 15:48
China's nickel imports and exports in November 2017.

SHANGHAI, Dec 26 (SMM) - 

  (Unit: mt) Nov  YoY (%) Jan – Nov YoY (%)
Imports:        
Unwrought nickel (refined nickel+nickel alloy) 26,349 55.74 197,970 -43.70
Origins:        
Russia 10,690 34.07 96,119 -55.93
Australia 5,425 250.30 24,283 14.73
Canada 1,682 -26.43 22,178 -29.78
South Africa 1,605 54.81 10,056 -43.99
Mainland China 1,553 308.80 4,055 10.23
Japan 1,441 262.23 9,907 -24.62
Brazil 1,181 - 1,305 15.86
Norway 990 -24.83 9,069 -57.07
Finland 933 143.01 4,747 -22.56
Madagascar 320 -65.43 7,715 -5.47
The UK 320 -22.19 4,533 40.27
Taiwan (China) 198 -17.66 1,158 -65.49
The US 8 293.99 172 19.31
South Korea 2 -25.00 2,587 64.66
Belgium 1 -93.10 53 10.40
Hong Kong 0 -50.00 21 975.90
Germany 0 25.52 6 16.21
North Korea - - 4 -81.85
         
Nickel ore 3,091,268 7.15 32,496,887 7.48
Origins:        
The Philippines 2,452,281 -8.69 27,387,033 -5.14
Indonesia 381,370 1,620.13 3,312,306 874.80
New Caledonia 194,637 366.52 844,052 117.18
The Republic of Guatemala 22,469 -77.13 354,796 207.59
South Africa 19,655 101.19 152,676 182.31
Russia 11,183 - 122,978 16.70
Australia 5,259 -32.53 85,690 -39.70
Republic of Zimbabwe 3,882 -71.38 29,335 -52.71
Malaysia 531 15.25 3,101 94.88
Canada 0 - 4,821 -
The Independent State of Papua New Guinea - - 1,067 -
Tanzania - -100.00 143 -88.57
Turkey - - 188,749 -
Brazil - - 221 -99.43
Finland - - 9,920 -49.73
         
Ferronickel  92,539 -23.02 1,290,830 36.51
Origins:        
Indonesia 58,577 -36.28 932,073 36.60
New Caledonia 10,586 -0.32 108,382 22.82
Myanmar 9,330 200.15 82,917 315.71
Colombia 8,595 66.35 64,636 36.39
Brazil 2,994 -30.61 43,779 -9.19
Japan 1,343 -15.42 22,587 -10.58
Macedonia 859 -31.84 22,448 70.18
South Korea 201 - 1,113 -87.88
The Republic of Guatemala 55 - 1,326 -82.09
The US - - 5 23.89
Australia - - 10 1,045.63
Dominican - - 160 -
Serbia - - 5,959 -
Dominican - -100.00 4,442 134.81
France - - 993 -
         
Exports:        
Unwrought nickel (refined nickel+nickel alloy) 1,827 -0.81 18,471 28.32
Destination        
Taiwan (China) 1,420 12.71 10,314 129.23
Indonesia 220 - 687 573.09
Iran 60 55.21 202 -57.41
The US 44 -24.75 457 -4.08
India 24 -91.37 491 -6.70
Thailand 18 - 111 30.97
South Korea 17 -14.00 147 -85.47
Pakistan 13 -5.69 194 -25.13
Hong Kong 10 - 225 -93.01
Japan 1 - 2 -96.92
Holland - - 50 -
Italy - - 960 33.33
Spain - - 1,120 253.55
Slovenia - - 40 -
Australia - - 13 -
Vietnam - - 59 -57.86
Turkey - - 9 -87.25
Malaysia - - 48 -10.99
The UK - - 1 -40.00
Belgium - - 3,066 59.69
South Africa - - 274 356.67
         
Ferronickel 307 - 2,240 11.07
Destination:        
Taiwan (China) 307 - 968 -
Finland - - 993 -
India - - 279 -
         
(Source: Chinese customs)        
(Edited by SMM)        

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