According to statistics from China Customs, China imported manganese ore 716,138 tons in April 2008 an increase of 39% over April 2007 (515,270 tons) and similar to 712,149 tons in March 2008.
Import value was USD288,118,652 was 4.26 times that of April 2007 and up 6.7% from USD270,060,489 in March 2008.
In the first four months of 2008, China’s import volume of manganese ore increased by 32.7% to 2,509,715 tons, increased by 32.7% .
However, the statistics also show that China’s major manganese ore suppliers all supplied lower quantities in April. Compared to the previous month Australia decreased from 345,947 tons to 213,570 tons, South Africa from 216,344 tons to 175,386 tons, Brazil from 138,741 tons to 37,828 tons. Only Gabon of the major suppliers increased, from 73,300 to 135,705 tons.
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