China's primary aluminum imports fall in May
Shanghai. June 22. INTERFAX-CHINA - China imported 28,045 tons of primary aluminum in May, down 3.25 percent month-on-month, according to statistics released by the General Administration of Customs (GAC) on June 22.
Imports in May also fell on a year-on-year basis, down 89.18 percent.
Alumina imports in May fell to 461,447, a decrease of 4 percent when compared to the same period of last year..
The tables below detail China's trade of aluminum-related products in May. Totals given are for selected countries and regions plus unlisted countries and regions with negligible volumes.
China's primary aluminum imports, May 2010
| Product | Country or region | Imports, May (tons) | M-o-m change (%) | Y-o-y change (%) | Imports, Jan - May (tons) | Y-o-y change (%) |
| Primary aluminum | Russia | 10,226 | -9.56 | -87.6 | 45,027 | -77.13 |
| Tajikistan | 4,609 | N/A | -79.43 | 9,569 | -76.92 | |
| Iran | 2,673 | N/A | -68.95 | 5,431 | -79.3 | |
| Iceland | 2,672 | N/A | N/A | 2,672 | N/A | |
| Oman | 2,519 | -15.55 | -65.46 | 18,585 | 34.5 | |
| Australia | 2,127 | -54.52 | -94.6 | 17,006 | -85.5 | |
| Total | 28,045 | -3.25 | -89.18 | 144,316 | -80.42 | |
| Aluminum alloy | Taiwan | 3,538 | 0.03 | -28.3 | 16,748 | 20.56 |
| UAE | 2,044 | 80.57 | -8.4 | 7,151 | 5.58 | |
| China (repurchase) | 1,740 | -25.29 | 13.21 | 9,454 | 34.01 | |
| Total | 11,907 | -9.2 | -49.83 | 59,097 | -37.53 | |
| Scrap aluminum | Malaysia | 45,921 | 3.91 | 361.54 | 194,477 | 200.02 |
| Spain | 45,494 | 20.64 | 138.69 | 173,277 | 7.74 | |
| United States | 44,620 | 13.22 | 54.86 | 192,537 | 95.76 | |
| Australia | 28,328 | -4.37 | 6.53 | 139,380 | 68.52 | |
| Germany | 10,367 | -44.87 | -71.93 | 105,782 | 45.35 | |
| Hong Kong | 9,928 | -34.04 | 218.61 | 92,712 | 793.12 | |
| France | 9,798 | -58.09 | 35.47 | 77,131 | 77.43 | |
| Netherlands | 5,216 | N/A | 46.85 | 29,448 | 143.84 | |
| Belgium | 4,603 | N/A | 328.35 | 23,646 | 855.94 | |
| United Kingdom | 4,378 | N/A | 189.99 | 15,324 | 231.84 | |
| Total | 230,407 | -8.94 | 41.39 | 1,159,044 | 69.49 | |
| Bauxite | Indonesia | 1,818,284 | -13.23 | 68.86 | 8,249,691 | 112.48 |
| Australia | 584,849 | 62.41 | 27.33 | 2,621,334 | 63.02 | |
| India | 49,126 | N/A | N/A | 270,605 | 307.6 | |
| Total | 2,452,302 | -0.14 | 59.64 | 11,141,940 | 98.76 | |
| Alumina | Australia | 398,020 | 166.62 | 2.98 | 1,964,060 | 1.78 |
| India | 61,265 | N/A | -33.24 | 204,056 | 11.96 | |
| Japan | 1,423 | 3.12 | 234.69 | 5,808 | 13.23 | |
| Total | 461,447 | 199.73 | -4 | 2,207,573 | 2.53 | |
| Aluminum products | Total | 54,535 | -67.92 | 11.4 | 241,466 | 18.6 |
Source: GAC
Note: Monthly changes were calculated based on figures previously released by the GAC.
China's primary aluminum and aluminum-related exports, May 2010
| Product | Country or region | Exports, May (tons) | M-o-m change (%) | Y-o-y change (%) | Exports, Jan - May (tons) | Y-o-y change (%) |
| Primary aluminum | South Korea | 22,678 | 26.14 | 16,907 | 45,009 | 1793.13 |
| Japan | 1,250 | -71.39 | 1,451 | 12,534 | 4287.02 | |
| Taiwan | 1,016 | -79.57 | 291,091 | 9,348 | 1638.39 | |
| Total | 25,265 | -47.96 | 9,689 | 89,891 | 2118.25 | |
| Aluminum alloy | Japan | 27,138 | 23.56 | 611 | 103,961 | 343.2 |
| Hong Kong | 12,472 | 12.16 | 511 | 48,964 | 313.04 | |
| Malaysia | 2,758 | 56.97 | 885 | 6,791 | 380.58 | |
| Indonesia | 1,633 | -49.03 | -17 | 10,275 | 88.41 | |
| Vietnam | 1,420 | N/A | 215 | 6,824 | 417.52 | |
| Total | 48,630 | 16.59 | 412 | 190,026 | 290.2 | |
| Scrap aluminum | South Korea | 106 | -17.19 | 114 | 555 | 70.09 |
| Total | 106 | -17.19 | 114 | 555 | 68.65 | |
| Alumina | South Korea | 533 | -82.44 | 314 | 9,876 | 98.15 |
| Vietnam | 181 | N/A | 35 | 818 | 14.29 | |
| Japan | 181 | -84.87 | 729 | 1,972 | 1119.25 | |
| Mongolia | 120 | N/A | -33 | 612 | -25.95 | |
| Indian | 110 | N/A | 36,663 | 207 | 415.29 | |
| Total | 1,719 | -66.86 | -38 | 22,468 | 23.88 |
Source: GAC
Note: Monthly changes were calculated based on figures previously released by the GAC.
-LCL