China copper concentrate imports up 34.9% in February
Source: Hoovers
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China's copper concentrate imports rose 34.9% on year in February to 392,366 metric tons, the General Administration of Customs said Thursday.
Refined copper imports in February rose 177.9% to 148,679 tons.
In January-February, copper concentrate imports totaled 721,845 tons, up 23% on year, while refined copper imports totaled 280,530 tons, up 125.8% on year.
China is a large importer of copper concentrate in the world, sourcing most of its supplies from South America, Mongolia and Australia.
The following are tables of import and export data for copper, nickel, aluminium, alumina, bauxite, lead, zinc, tin and antimony as well as the leading importing and exporting countries from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28. The chart includes leading importing and exporting countries, origins of imports and destinations for exports. (All figures in metric tons unless otherwise stated.)
Table of Imports:
Countries Feb Change Jan-Feb Change
of Origin in Tons on Yr in Tons on Yr
Copper Concentrate
Total 392,366 +34.9% 721,845 +23%
Chile 103,222 -4.0% 192,482 -8.3%
Peru 102,524 +89.7% 168,991 +98.7%
Mongolia 40,549 -10.7% 78,685 +25.3%
USA 25,945 +30.7% 32,817 -33.3%
Indonesia 25,739 +92.9% 34,917 +46.6%
Refined Copper
Total 148,679 +177.9% 280,530 +125.8%
Chile 56,171 +126.7% 94,442 +58.0%
Japan 16,219 +118.2% 28,662 +117.2%
Philippines 16,027 +1,525.5% 21,483 +221.9%
Kazakhstan 15,336 +481.1% 31,008 +663.0%
Copper Alloy
Total 3,972 +9.4% 8,522 +5.6%
South Korea 1,017 -15.6% 2,232 -8.5%
Ukraine 1,274 +255.7% 1,530 +99.8%
Japan 607 +28.9% 1,460 -21.8%
Taiwan 437 +56.1% 1,158 +75.1%
Kazakhstan 225 +22.4% 753 +105.7%
Scrap Copper
Total 273,724 -8.5% 665,388 +10.2%
Japan 119,453 -20.7% 230,440 -17.4%
USA 46,670 +4.4% 99,570 +13.0%
Philippines 27,265 +781.8% 63,132 +1,236.9%
Netherlands 11,617 +62.8% 32,776 +82.1%
Unwrought Aluminium
Total 4,269 -74.4% 14,122 -63.5%
Australia 2,339 -58.9% 5,416 -63.3%
South Africa 300 -83.9% 4,045 -18.2%
Taiwan 263 -47.4% 611 -7.7%
North Korea 116 N.A. 793 +1,217.1%
Bauxite
Total 1,057,786 +168.6% 2,670,624 +289.7%
Indonesia 770,103 +95.9% 1,805,210 +164.0%
India 227,813 N.A. 690,450 N.A.
Australia 57,769 N.A. 167,739 N.A.
Japan 1,780 +128.2% 3,080 +90.1%
Unwrought Aluminium Alloy
Total 10,691 -24.0% 28,180 -10.0%
Taiwan 2,939 +6.4% 8,212 +32.8%
UAE 1,708 -33.3% 5,637 +0.2%
Australia 952 -26.0% 2,679 +3.6%
Malaysia 716 -19.2% 1,993 +36.7%
Scrap Aluminium
Total 87,962 -10.0% 253,156 +20.5%
USA 25,491 -6.9% 52,766 -7.3%
Philippines 19,551 +302.2% 50,191 +658.0%
Netherlands 8,595 +150.6% 26,867 +202.3%
Malaysia 6,616 +5,995.7% 21,766 +3,959.9%
Australia 4,715 -73.7% 19,442 -53.3%
Alumina
Total 529,095 +39.4% 1,110,958 -4.2%
Australia 391,673 +82.1% 937,495 +69.6%
India 87,659 +1,963.0% 118,297 +40.2%
Jamaica 44,921 +33.2% 44,921 -54.6%
Japan 2,019 -58.7% 4,337 -47.6%
Kazakhstan 1,021 -92.8% 2,106 -93.8%
Unwrought Nickel
Total 12,087 +85.6% 21,822 +70.3%
Canada 4,944 +151.3% 7,834 +84.8%
Australia 3,920 +126.5% 6,594 +165.8%
Russia 1,766 +188.3% 3,195 +72.1%
Finland 514 +30.7% 1,985 +246.8%
Unwrought Nickel Alloy
Total 10 -72.7% 52 +5.8%
Australia 4 -84.8% 42 +58.8%
Taiwan 3 N.A. 3 -17.2%
Japan 2 +65.0% 3 +185.0%
Canada 1 +10.0% 1 -75.5%
Unwrought Lead
Total 3,945 +103.4% 8,597 +66.1%
Australia 1,935 +136.3% 3,302 +50.9%
Japan 627 +402.1% 870 +179.5%
Singapore 303 N.A. 606 N.A.
Lead Concentrate
Total 81,861 -22.5% 204,224 -3.3%
India 15,397 N.A. 15,397 N.A.
South Korea 12,404 N.A. 24,171 +119.3%
Chile 8,870 N.A. 8,870 N.A.
Peru 8,721 -71.5% 38,459 -21.9%
South Africa 7,454 N.A. 7,454 -19.0%
USA 5,405 -83.8% 15,190 -64.1%
Mexico 3,532 +538.3% 11,293 +219.0%
Zinc Concentrate
Total 102,267 +125.4% 208,775 +111.0%
North Korea 35,227 +6,866.4% 49,843 +3,015.7%
India 23,906 N.A. 34,179 N.A.
Mongolia 10,996 +58.4% 22,950 +59.7%
Australia 10,059 +17.8% 52,946 +75.7%
Unwrought Zinc Alloy
Total 8,596 -59.9% 21,742 -43.7%
Australia 3,692 -74.6% 10,560 -55.7%
Taiwan 1,538 -43.3% 2,935 -43.9%
South Korea 1,444 +73.4% 2,938 +44.4%
Belgium 805 -16.7% 1,560 -34.4%
Unwrought Tin Alloy
Total 432 -83.4% 1,317 -68.4%
Indonesia 216 -86.9% 549 -77.8%
South Korea 56 -43.3% 189 +5.9%
Taiwan 55 -76.2% 117 -78.8%
Tin Concentrate
Total 416 -34.4% 823 -46.6%
Bolivia 302 -41.0% 702 -36.6%
Chile 92 N.A. 92 N.A.
Unwrought Antimony
Total N.A. N.A. 1 N.A.
Table of Exports:
Destinations Feb Change Jan-Feb Change
in Tons on Yr in Tons on Yr
Copper Concentrate
Total N.A. -100.0% 490 +2,212.3%
Refined Copper
Total 1,000 -95.1% 1,997 -94.2%
South Korea 1,000 -93.9% 1,997 -91.4%
Copper Alloy
Total N.A. N.A. 5 -73.8%
Scrap Copper
Total 426 +107.3% 906 +53.4%
Japan 136 -7.4% 422 +42.2%
South Korea 135 +576.9% 237 +97.5%
Hong Kong 47 N.A. 66 +27.5%
Unwrought Aluminium
Total 23,596 -60.6% 46,144 -61.6%
Malaysia 11,667 N.A. 11,667 N.A.
South Korea 9,614 -73.0% 22,232 -70.8%
Unwrought Aluminium Alloy
Total 25,583 +6.3% 57,060 +5.1%
Japan 11,958 -26.4% 29,664 -21.0%
Hong Kong 4,342 +140.8% 11,210 +134.1%
South Korea 3,745 +4.5% 6,723 -5.1%
Scrap Aluminium
Total 43 +1,162.7% 146 +321.7%
Japan 27 +6,319.6% 82 +158.4%
South Korea 16 N.A. 52 N.A.
Alumina
Total 260 +102.3% 4,410 +84.8%
Taiwan 64 +212.8% 119 +209.7%
Vietnam 51 +100.0% 71 +3,841.1%
Japan 40 +1,727.2% 100 +140.5%
USA 23 +34.3% 44 -21.6%
Bauxite
Total N.A. -100.0% 0 -99.7%
Unwrought Nickel
Total 1,831 +94.9% 4,667 +92.9%
South Korea 1,578 +248.8% 3,946 +164.8%
Singapore 102 N.A. 102 N.A.
Unwrought Lead
Total 7,020 -88.6% 18,090 -83.5%
South Korea 3,154 -64.0% 5,151 -69.8%
Thailand 1,495 -57.6% 3,141 -32.6%
Indonesia 953 -53.1% 1,370 -66.0%
Unwrought Zinc
Total 47,915 +274.7% 119,292 +404.9%
Italy 9,484 N.A. 24,634 N.A.
Singapore 7,002 N.A. 20,477 +2,060.7%
USA 7,001 N.A. 15,199 N.A.
Malaysia 6,273 N.A. 6,623 N.A.
Unwrought Zinc Alloy
Total 348 -84.3% 348 -91.2%
Hong Kong 260 -73.9% 260 -87.0%
Bangladesh 83 N.A. 83 N.A.
Unwrought Tin
Total 2,782 +79.5% 3,562 +15.9%
Singapore 673 N.A. 698 N.A.
Japan 624 -10.9% 1,137 -1.1%
USA 568 +39.6% 752 -2.4%
Netherlands 379 +83.9% 394 -8.2%
Hong Kong 284 +2,265.0% 321 +317.5%
Unwrought Antimony
Total 450 -59.0% 692 -63.1%
Japan 201 -40.9% 323 -51.0%
Netherlands 148 -17.7% 148 -32.7%
Hong Kong 81 -19.0% 161 +0.6%
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