According to the global export-import data, bauxite import by Romania is likely to drop 6 per cent year on year in 2019 to stand at 1.7 million tonnes. Until last year, the country’s bauxite import continued rising since 2016. From 986,348 tonnes in 2016, Romania’s bauxite import in 2017 rose to 1.3 million tonnes. This in 2018 increased further to 1.8 million tonnes.
As a consequence of the drop in import volume, Romania’s import cost of bauxite is expected to dwindle as well in 2019. Compared to US$60 million in 2018, the import cost this year is likely to come in at US$59 million. In 2017, Romania’s bauxite import cost was at US$1.3 million, while in 2016 at US$35 million. This indicates that Romania’s bauxite import rose year on year from 2016 to 2018.
The imported bauxite to Romania is primarily used by Alro, which is Romania’s only aluminium producer and is also the largest primary aluminium production facility in Central and Eastern Europe (excluding CIS) by volume. Alro’s focus is on the manufacture of primary added-value products.
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Romania is estimated to import a maximum amount of bauxite from Sierra Leone, followed by China.
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