China‘s rare earth oxide exports fell 16.12% month-on-month in April, Japan was the biggest buyer

SHANGHAI, May 26 (SMM)—China's rare earth oxide exports in April fell 16.12% month-on-month to 1,856.2 mt, an increase of 11.71% year-on-year, according to Customs data on May 20, 2021. Exports of unspecified rare earth oxide totalled 386.719 mt, accounting for 21%. Exports of single rare earth oxide totalled 1,469.481 mt, accounting for 79%.

The top five exporting provinces of rare earth oxide (including unspecified rare earth oxide and single rare earth oxide) include Inner Mongolia (542.468 mt), Jiangxi (236.65 mt), Jiangsu (208.943 mt), Fujian (174.225 mt) and Shandong (139.71 mt).

On unspecified rare earth oxide, China exported to 38 countries in April, with Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Netherlands and Italy the top five destinations.

On single rare earth oxide, exports of lanthanum oxide, yttrium oxide, cerium oxide, neodymium oxide and terbium oxide were the highest in April, which were mainly exported to Japan, the United States, South Korea, Brazil and Norway. Export volume of lanthanum oxide fell 1.29% MoM to 770.433 mt, mainly exported to the United States, Japan, South Korea, Brazil and Italy.