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DJ China '05 Copper Concentrate Imports +41.4%; 4.06M MT -2-(Comtex Finance Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)Jan 24, 2006 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) --The following are tables of import and export data for copper, nickel, aluminum, alumina, bauxite, lead, zinc, tin, and antimony as well as the leading importing and exporting countries from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2005. The chart includes leading importing and exporting countries, origins of imports and destinations for exports. (All figures in metric tons unless otherwise stated.) Table of Imports: Countries Dec Change Jan-Dec Change of Origin in Tons on Yr in Tons on Yr Copper Concentrate Total 373,400 +51.4% 4,058,876 +41.4% Chile 155,040 +49.0% 1,633,220 +69.7% Peru 72,016 +95.9% 647,367 +27.1% Australia 30,182 +5.9% 454,453 +93.4% Copper Cathode Total 59,594 -40.7% 1,217,054 +1.8% Chile 29,032 -47.1% 569,337 -16.5% Kazakhstan 12,691 +1,163.4% 162,573 +32.8% Japan 3,620 -20.0% 88,850 +41.9% Copper Ingots Total 194 +49.0% 1,950 +6.0% Taiwan 169 +181.9% 343 +90.8% Copper Wire Total 6 -79.9% 174 -65.2% U.S. 6 +195.0% 58 +90.4% Other Refined Copper Total 297 +8.4% 3,016 +25.2% U.S. 109 +93.0% 488 +119.4% China 82 +45.5% 770 +16.6% Taiwan 46 +41.5% 585 +37.4% Copper Alloy Total 5,252 -16.1% 61,454 -6.8% South Korea 1,616 -13.7% 16,279 +23.6% Russia 654 -4.8% 4,136 -31.3% Ukraine 819 +56.1% 10,936 +29.5% Unwrought Copper & Alloy Total 65,342 -39.1% 1,283,648 +1.3% Chile 29,032 -47.1% 569,636 -16.5% Kazakhstan 13,012 +1,023.0% 164,935 +30.7% Zambia 3,199 -61.4% 50,955 +22.9% Scrap Copper Total 399,049 -3.4% 4,821,214 +21.8% Japan 159,626 +10.5% 1,874,675 +16.7% Belgium 26,043 +4.7% 326,338 +32.8% Germany 18,599 +111.9% 175,007 +24.2% Unwrought Aluminum Total 67,163 -18.2% 636,951 -38.3% Australia 14,756 +15.9% 124,240 -23.4% Russia 11,896 -18.2% 65,856 -62.7% Bauxite Total 317,913 +8,955.7% 2,166,105 +145.5% Indonesia 294,911 N.A. 2,018,786 +142.6% India 21,479 N.A. 21,479 +6,043.8% Unwrought Aluminum Alloy Total 22,030 -28.0% 209,477 -37.5% Taiwan 5,353 -46.1% 39,421 -57.1% UAE 2,590 -3.9% 42,856 +23.4% China 2,359 -33.3% 18,373 -48.8% Scrap Aluminum Total 148,728 -0.5% 1,687,210 +40.6% U.S. 33,245 -22.3% 356,272 +24.7% Australia 30,425 +56.8% 264,082 +100.6% Belgium 13,596 -11.9% 165,734 +63.5% Alumina Total 577,027 +31.8% 7,016,174 +19.4% Australia 312,096 +16.7% 3,924,007 +19.9% India 131,886 +527.7% 1,005,259 +37.0% U.S. 34,052 -60.0% 570,897 +7.2% Unwrought Nickel Total 9,481 -19.8% 90,219 +37.5% Russia 2,245 -49.6% 25,742 +58.0% Canada 2,356 -28.6% 24,796 +18.4% South Africa 1,119 +242.5% 3,561 +160.5% Unwrought Nickel Alloy Total 42 +58.8% 535 +86.6% Taiwan 13 +620.2% 139 +699.9% Australia 9 -36.9% 192 +50.9% Germany 9 N.A. 35 +755.4% Unwrought Lead Total 4,485 -36.3% 58,645 -33.0% Australia 1,934 +43.7% 17,963 -10.1% China 635 -66.4% 10,830 +18.2% Kazakhstan 618 N.A. 1,528 +260.1% Lead Concentrate Total 103,081 +106.3% 1,030,160 +24.0% South Korea 20,420 +1,344.8% 64,837 +5.2% U.S. 18,351 -32.1% 223,123 +25.9% Australia 19,744 +70.4% 182,748 +13.7% Unwrought Zinc Total 53,387 +20.9% 620,816 +35.1% Australia 21,833 +69.1% 213,604 +73.2% Kazakhstan 10,905 +0.8% 218,222 +51.9% Taiwan 3,455 +9.9% 38,929 +5.5% Zinc Concentrate Total 69,303 +18.9% 567,752 -7.8% Australia 22,291 -1.0% 197,089 -15.5% Vietnam 13,831 +646.3% 86,457 +38.0% Myanmar 11,917 +77.7% 80,444 +192.4% Unwrought Zinc Alloy Total 22,582 +9.0% 228,595 +3.9% Australia 12,998 +23.5% 121,904 +17.4% Taiwan 3,420 +10.7% 37,353 +5.0% Belgium 1,492 +65.3% 11,521 +24.8% Unwrought Tin Total 2,058 -39.9% 29,836 +63.3% Indonesia 829 -58.4% 16,849 +228.2% Taiwan 528 +29.8% 4,459 +25.3% Unwrought Tin Alloy Total 1,191 -35.6% 19,012 +98.5% Indonesia 698 -47.5% 12,901 +221.3% Taiwan 376 +182.7% 2,548 +58.2% Tin Concentrate Total 383 -49.7% 7,485 -16.0% Bolivia 323 -33.7% 5,571 -10.8% Myanmar 60 -74.9% 949 -46.8% Unwrought Antimony Total 1,660 +5,088.1% 8,520 +2,187.2% China 1,660 N.A. 8,479 +3,147.4% Table of Exports: Destinations Dec Change Jan-Dec Change in Tons on Yr in Tons on Yr Copper Concentrate Total 11 N.A. 923 -93.6% Russia 8 N.A. 8 N.A. U.S. 3 N.A. 8 -99.0% Copper Cathode Total 39,883 +1,780.0% 140,146 +13.2% South Korea 31,066 +4,979.6% 79,966 +129.7% Taiwan 3,927 +292.6% 14,001 -65.9% Copper Ingots Total 0 N.A. 23 +1,125.8% Hong Kong 0 N.A. 23 N.A. Copper Wire Total N.A. N.A. 2 -89.4% Saudi Arabia N.A. N.A. 2 N.A. Copper Alloy Total 82 -6.5% 364 -28.2% Hong Kong 82 +5,130.7% 173 +87.8% Unwrought Copper & Alloy Total 39,965 +1,709.0% 140,536 +13.0% South Korea 31,066 +4,961.8% 80,001 +129.8% Taiwan 3,927 +292.6% 14,084 -65.7% Scrap Copper Total 419 -64.6% 6,369 -27.0% Japan 178 -60.7% 2,593 -13.7% South Korea 66 -58.9% 1,323 -4.9% Taiwan 94 +50.0% 905 +42.9% Unwrought Aluminum Total 92,017 -63.2% 1,318,599 -21.6% South Korea 33,047 -70.5% 479,171 -12.6% Japan 31,925 -40.8% 298,652 -12.6% Hong Kong 8,425 -80.0% 177,950 -55.3% Unwrought Aluminum Alloy Total 27,633 -3.9% 182,128 -34.6% Japan 17,950 +22.8% 100,331 -18.5% Hong Kong 4,783 -19.3% 22,717 -64.9% South Korea 2,700 -35.3% 26,712 -0.7% Scrap Aluminum Total 65 -84.2% 1,042 -72.4% Hong Kong 9 -91.6% 9 -98.1% Japan 53 -65.6% 590 -56.5% Alumina Total 2,728 +288.7% 23,956 +6.0% North Korea 2,107 N.A. 18,524 +31.9% Bauxite Total N.A. N.A. 140 -75.7% Iran N.A. N.A. 140 N.A. Unwrought Nickel Total 746 -43.0% 15,210 -1.3% Hong Kong 357 -28.6% 5,247 +74.3% Japan 320 -27.1% 7,109 -16.7% Unwrought Lead Total 54,342 +29.4% 465,034 unchanged South Korea 15,090 +126.4% 132,711 +39.2% Taiwan 6,966 -44.2% 87,053 +7.5% Italy 5,878 +293.0% 15,186 +25.4% Unwrought Zinc Total 13,012 -39.8% 146,845 -44.2% Hong Kong 5,117 -24.2% 52,309 -51.7% Taiwan 3,244 +16.3% 27,471 -42.4% South Korea 2,917 -74.2% 36,332 -48.7% Unwrought Zinc Alloy Total 1,586 -20.9% 23,592 -39.4% Hong Kong 864 -40.9% 16,334 -50.6% South Korea 702 +40.4% 6,792 +41.6% Unwrought Tin Total 1,969 -36.2% 27,014 -30.5% Japan 674 -46.4% 9,500 -7.2% Netherlands 576 +15.2% 6,251 -14.1% U.S. 378 -20.6% 5,252 -23.2% Unwrought Tin Alloy Total 1,715 -36.1% 22,928 -28.4% Japan 674 -43.7% 9,320 -1.9% Netherlands 457 -8.5% 4,814 -19.4% U.S. 283 -5.3% 3,952 -26.0% Unwrought Antimony Total 2,693 +198.2% 29,833 +38.8% Hong Kong 1,529 +664.5% 8,951 +1,126.2% Japan 654 +70.7% 6,715 +10.5% N.A. - not available -Zhu Hui contributed to this article, Dow Jones Newswires; 86-21-6120-1200; [email protected] -Edited by Sharon Vong (END) Dow Jones Newswires 01-24-06 2335ET |