China’s bauxite imports up 33% YoY in July 2019; Guinea remains the top supplier
According to the latest data from China Customs, China’s imports of bauxite increased 3.8 per cent month-on-month to 9.66 million tonnes in July 2019. China had imported 9.3 million tonnes of bauxite in June. Imports rose 32.7 per cent from 7.28 million tonnes in July 2018.
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Imports of bauxite in the first seven months of 2019 registered 24.9 per cent growth compared with the same period last year, as domestic alumina refiners improve their low-temperature production lines and use more seaborne materials.
Total imports stood at 65.99 million tonnes in January-July, showed Customs data under HS code 2606000000.
The Republic of Guinea, Australia, and Indonesia remained to be the top three bauxite suppliers to China in July. The three countries together exported about 9.23 million tonnes of bauxite to China last month.
China’s bauxite imports from Guinea decreased by 2 per cent month-on-month in July. Guinea, a major source of gibbsite bauxite used in low-temperature production lines, exported about 4.54 million tonnes of bauxite to China last month. Imports from Australia stood at 3.37 million tonnes, an increase of 3 per cent.
Bauxite imports from Indonesia in July climbed 12 per cent from June. Total imports came in at 1.32 million tonnes.
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