China’s Major Non-ferrous Metals Imports & Exports

(End of March 2017)

Name of commodities PeriodImportsExportsQuantity (metric ton)Value (thousand US dollars)% Change (2015-2016)Quantity (metric ton)Value (thousand US dollars)% Change (2015-2016)Copper:Copper concentrate (actual weight)Jan-Mar.431443159969697.7826.76 Copper Scrap (actual weight)Jan-Mar.906963203005922.2443.1886288118.54102.52Blister copperJan-Mar.19379811198961.5825.8386465-96.75-96.74Refined copper Jan-Mar.8044634749030-27.56-9.81105478591455144.6196.24Copper alloysJan-Mar.149276396267.5875.9418172515.7448.7Fabricated copper productsJan-Mar.13568012861919.6224.771128968449705.6117.3Aluminium:AluminaJan-Mar.921123337369-25.78.041295012025-39.97-21.91Aluminium ScrapJan-Mar.52669260643634.2834.9517131388.8294.25Primary AluminiumJan-Mar.4385682364209.17208.066791959-94.91-91.37Aluminium alloysJan-Mar.147413342921.2326.11116987219564-1.670.7Fabricated Aluminium productsJan-Mar.917415156251.04-7.429433362617109-0.540.58Lead:Lead concentrateJan-Mar.324219396831-3.4313.95 Unwrought refined leadJan-Mar.2379859640 6121589-94.56-92.81Unwrought refined lead alloys Jan-Mar.52781086319.741.02366882-17.38-13.09Fabricated LeadJan-Mar.34504-55.72-35.5221637128-31.182.83Zinc:Zinc concentrate (actual weight)Jan-Mar.7025626247508.2198.0611748-96.08-83.2Unwrought refined ZincJan-Mar.57986165857-67.96-46.83422811001-8.9833.14Unwrought refined Zinc alloysJan-Mar.2253361630-11.2714.73182586-52.58-27.75Fabricated ZincJan-Mar.25129718-16.49-11.34240110657-52.59-68.16Tin:Unwrought refined tin Jan-Mar.162834571-28.11-0.051052032 Unwrought refined tin alloysJan-Mar.1292752-2.711.052808661 Nickel:Unwrought nickel Jan-Mar.42253460291-60.38-51.3726052811475.0783.37Unwrought nickel alloysJan-Mar.112913709-42.12-22.3293910267-7.0910.71Fabricated nickelJan-Mar.435910199046.963.1115494011763.4255.5

Name of commodities PeriodImportsExportsQuantity (metric ton)Value (thousand US dollars)% Change (2015-2016)Quantity (metric ton)Value (thousand US dollars)% Change (2015-2016)Antimony:Unwrought antimony Jan-Mar.4422984.6670.234433096-50.94-32.24Antimony oxideJan-Mar.247173228.820.888295549486.3348.18Molybdenum:Molybdenum concentrate (actual weight)Jan-Mar.92576193975.65117.56306526501187.2323.8Ferro-molybdenumJan-Mar. 231325263 Molybdenum OxideJan-Mar.214832544.7530.5783812024-19.03-12.63Magnesium:Unwrought magnesiumJan-Mar.2079-81.75-93.3110226423584911.7110.74Magnesium turnings, particles and powderJan-Mar.0.585124-71.0125.91226415317849.5254.35Tungsten:Tungsten ore concentrateJan-Mar.5523944-61.12-43.79 Tungsten oxideJan-Mar.6048262501.19203.4527285189451.1374.28Ammonium Paratungstate Jan-Mar.778 95316284109.54130.3Tungsten powderJan-Mar.296361342479.62299.21614513-27.35-24.56 Tungsten carbide powderJan-Mar.1142-95.93-86.5314823992737.148.31 Ferro-tungstenJan-Mar. 4959644-8.618.41 Silver: (unit in kg) Unwrought silverJan-Mar.19353885418-11.83-6.0857576432693483.32121.7 Silver powderJan-Mar.59139016245750.24166.07451144241.61-26.38 Semi-finished silverJan-Mar.1631762126510.8633.7815643414.8229.94 Silver ornamentsJan-Mar.125514522641.2771.83631621510366.0511.94 Silverware Jan-Mar.17439963.7305.819716109-77.77-31.05 Gold: (unit in kg) Gold ornamentsJan-Mar.241311885828.324.71281211830-19.27-8.05 Titanium: Fabricated titaniumJan-Mar.132994914-12.09-5.11 Titanium concentratesJan-Mar.74611424.8175.1179985141213.8179.4 Titanium dioxideJan-Mar.5414313797534.6846.518021537172514.2659.51 Cobalt: Cobalt and Fabricated cobaltJan-Mar.5806041337345.2387.415701952644.0460.47 Cobalt concentratesJan-Mar.2486162797-42.317.2795135 Cobalt oxideJan-Mar.73119533516.51089175743021-25.86-1.32 Cobalt nitrateJan-Mar.415 2013017.820.37 Cobalt carbonateJan-Mar. 629946817.0854.67