MOFCOM releases 2011 export quotas for certain rare metals
Shanghai. November 1. INTERFAX-CHINA - China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) released the 2011 export quotas for a number of rare earth metals and their metals products in an Oct. 28 announcement on the ministry's Web site.
According to the announcement, next year's export quotas for industrial metal products bauxite, light and dead burned magnesium, as well as refined tin and tin products, have been reduced. Those for silver, tungsten and tungsten products, and antimony and antimony products, meanwhile, are subject to year-on-year increases. Export quotas for molybdenum and molybdenum products remain unchanged from last year's level.
The following table shows China's 2011 export quotas for various nonferrous metals.
China's export quotas of industrial metal products for 2011
| Product | Export quota ('000 tons) | Y-o-y change (%) |
| Tungsten and tungsten products | 15.7 | 9.79 |
| Refined tin and tin products | 18.9 | -10 |
| Antimony and antimony products | 60.3 | 4.87 |
| Molybdenum and Molybdenum products | 25.5 | 0 |
| Indium and indium products | 0.233 | 0 |
| Bauxite | 830 | -10.75 |
| Silver | 5.67 | 11.18 |
| Light and dead burned magnesium | 1,230 | -7.52 |
Source: MOFCOM
Note: Year-on-year change was calculated using MOFCOM's 2010 statistics.
-XH