BEIJING — China’s General
Administration of Customs on Tuesday released preliminary trade
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data for April. The table below shows selected commodity and
energy trade volumes, compared with a year earlier.
Detailed figures from customs with a further breakdown will
be released later in the month.
CRUDE OIL & REFINED
PRODUCTS
April 2023 March Pct April Pct Year-to- Pct
(mln T) 2023 (mln chan 2022 (mln chan date chan
T) ge T) ge (mln T) ge
Imports: Crude Oil 42.41 52.31 -18. 43.03 -1.4 178.77 4.60
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93 5
Refined 4.38 3.90 12.4 1.48 195. 13.59 68.6
products 5 75 0
Fuel Oil No. / / / / / / /
5-7
Natural Gas 8.98 8.87 1.22 8.09 10.9 35.69 -0.3
9 0
Exports: Crude Oil / / / / / / /
Refined 3.75 5.45 -31. 3.82 -1.9 21.90 44.3
products 29 6 0
Net Crude Oil / / / / / /
Imports:
Refined 0.63 -1.56 -140 -2.34 -127 -8.31 /
products .72 .09
BASE
METALS
April 2023 March Pct April Pct Year-to- Pct
(T) 2023 (T) chan 2022 (T) chan date (T) chan
ge ge ge
Imports: Unwrought 407,293.48 408,174.1 -0.2 465,330.2 -12. 1,694,81 -12.
copper 5 2 6 47 1.72 60
Copper ores & 2,102,572. 2,021,293 4.02 1,883,593 11.6 8,758,96 6.70
concentrates 00 .39 .10 3 7.48
Exports: Unwrought 461,782.43 497,412.3 -7.1 596,862.8 -22. 1,839,60 -17.
aluminum and 5 6 8 63 8.60 30
products
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COAL, IRON & STEEL
April 2023 March Pct April Pct Year-to- Pct
(mln T) 2023 (mln chan 2022 (mln chan date chan
T) ge T) ge (mln T) ge
Imports: Coal (incl 40.68 41.17 -1.1 23.55 72.7 142.48 88.8
lignite) 9 3 0
Iron Ore 90.44 100.23 -9.7 86.06 5.10 384.68 8.60
6
Steel products 0.59 0.68 -14. 0.96 -38. 2.50 -40.
22 81 10
Exports: Coal (incl / / / / / / /
lignite)
Coke & / / / / / / /
semi-coke
Steel products 7.93 7.89 0.53 4.98 59.3 28.01 55.0
7 0
Net Steel products 7.35 7.21 1.93 4.02 82.7 25.52 /
Exports: 2
RARE
EARTHS
April 2023 March Pct April Pct Year-to- Pct
(T) 2023 (T) chan 2022 (T) chan date (T) chan
ge ge ge
Exports: 4,573.97 4,446.00 2.88 4,427.00 3.32 16,411.2 -4.1
0 0
SOFTS &
GRAINS
April 2023 March Pct April Pct Year-to- Pct
(mln T) 2023 (mln chan 2022 (mln chan date chan
T) ge T) ge (mln T) ge
Imports: Soybeans 7.26 6.85 5.98 8.08 -10. 30.29 6.80
10
Edible veg oil 0.85 0.86 -0.7 0.26 226. 3.09 136.
0 05 50
Rubber 0.70 0.74 -5.0 0.54 30.7 2.76 15.2
(natural and 1 8 0
synthetic)
Exports: Grains 0.13 0.14 -10. 0.31 -58. 0.55 -40.
49 97 2
MEAT
April 2023 March Pct April Pct Year-to- Pct
(mln T) 2023 (mln chan 2022 (mln chan date chan
T) ge T) ge (mln T) ge
Imports: Meat (incl 0.59 0.65 -9.1 0.59 0.17 2.54 12.7
offal) 9 0
(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom and Dominique Patton)
