Exports of Chinese Silicon Metal Almost Doubled in March of 2014

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to the latest Customs statistic, China exported 106,673 tons of ferroalloys in Mar 2014, violently up by 97.5% M-O-M and down by 14% Y-O-Y. Meanwhile, China imported 227,630 tons in Mar., down by 12.2% M-O-M and up by 24.8% Y-O-Y. ...

World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 141 million tonnes (Mt) in March 2014, an increase of 2.7% compared to March 2013.

According to the statistics, China imported 867.6thousand tons chrome ores in Mar.

According to the latest statistics, China imported 2.29million tons nickel ores in Mar.

[Ferro-Alloys.com] According to statistic of Korea Customs, the import volume of other ferroalloy in Mar. was 2061 tons, up by 17.4% Y-O-Y. The imported materials were mainly sourced from China. Meanwhile, the export volume was 130 tons, violently up by 116%. ...

Latest statistics showed output of FeSi was 449.4 thousand tons in China in March, moderately up 0.79% from March of 2013.

Latest statistics of USITC showed US imported 13,363 mt of silicon metal (Si＜99.99%）in February of 2014,