General Administration of Customs: China's import and export of primary aluminum and related products from January to April

Beijing, May 26: The following are statistics on the import and export of China's primary aluminum, alumina, bauxite, aluminum alloys, aluminum scrap, and aluminum products from January to April 2005 issued by the General Administration of Customs of China (Unit: Ton) Year-on-year changes in exports from April to April, April to April (%) Primary aluminum 107,961 444,938 40.4 destination South Korea 24,879 160,806 54.0 Hong Kong 15,712 60,941 -39.0 Japan 10,727 67,790 41.8 United States 21,316 35,420 1671.0 Aluminum alloy 6,770 49,749 -37.1 destination Japan 1,600 25,024 -31.3 Indonesia 834 7,035 117.8 South Korea 2,812 8,206 61.2 Alumina 2,434 10,057 56.5 destination North Korea 1,917 8,000 77.7 Japan 245 759 -33.0 Aluminum scrap 178 682 -52.1 Aluminum products 64,754 200,255 80.8 import Primary aluminum 52,518 142,476 -37.5 place of origin China (buy back) 14,887 44,029 -57.4 Australia 9,153 28,362 -45.5 South Korea 19,802 36,432 424.2 Aluminum Alloy 16,047 65,277 -42.0 place of origin Taiwan 2,142 12,964 -55.7 Kazakhstan 2,073 6,905 -39.7 United Arab Emirates 3,285 10,938 17.6 South Korea 1,311 4,144 70.8 Waste aluminum 137,375 476,462 88.4 place of origin United States 30,440 109,715 53.8 Hong Kong 41,257 129,686 229.0 Belgium 14,921 54,960 464.1 Australia 13,047 46,059 600.1 Spain 4,401 21,379 99.3 Alumina 777,514 2,518,979 37.0 place of origin Australia 487,224 1,297,553 17.9 India 89,700 335,795 93.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25,061 25,061 ~ Brazil 10,453 117,559 4569.5 Jamaica 0 287,296 17.5 Croatia 0 41,984 638.2 Bauxite mine 73,371 412,535 50.8 place of origin Indonesia 72,751 410,573 51.0 Aluminum products 54,705 197,022 0.6