According to China Customs statistics, from January to August 2012, China's exports of all kinds of ships totally reached USD 25.55 billion, down 5.6% year-on-year.

Reported by Brazilian newspaper of late, China has recently increased its import volume of iron ore, while reduced that of petroleum. According to China Customs statistics, in September, the country im...

Reportedly, during January-September, China's total import-export value exceeded USD 2,800 billion, up 6.2% year-on-year; therein, its export value rose 7.4% year-on-year and import value rose 4.8% ye...

Spot treatment charges for imported zinc concentrate paid to China's smelters by overseas mines moved marginally higher to $100-120/mt in October, up from $90-110/mt reported in September, market part...

China imported 18.63 million mt of coal in September, down 18.6% year on year and down 8.9% from August, according to state media reports on October 20, 2012 citing Chinese customs data. In the first n...

China, the world's second-largest corn producer, may import less corn after the domestic crop increased this year, the State Administration of Grain said on October 18, 2012. Imports for the year start...

South Korea's rare earth import from China grew 19.1 percent last month due to a fall in import prices, customs data showed on October, 18 2012. South Korea purchased a total of 72 tons of rare earth m...

The Ministry of Commerce said October 18, 2012 that it has decided to initiate a new exporter review on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures imposed on autos made by Nissan North America, Inc. The mi...

China might not become the big gold buyer of the future that many people are banking on, according to some analysts, who say recent signs of cooling mainland Chinese gold demand could be a bad omen fo...

China, the world's second largest oil consumer, has set its 2013 non-State crude oil import quota at 29.1 million metric tons, the same as this year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Oct. 15, 2012. The...

India's cotton export in 2012-13 is expected to fall to seven million bales (a bale is 170 kg) compared with 12.8 million bales last year, following a sharp fall in Chinese demand, a cotton exporter s...

China's exports and imports picked up in September due to recovering demand boosted by supportive policies at home and abroad, but a strong rebound in foreign trade is being seen as unlikely in the ne...

Iron ore imports by China, the world's biggest buyer of the commodity, climbed to a 20-month high on speculation steel demand may increase. Imports totalled 65.01 million tonnes in September, China's c...

China exported 530,000 mt of coal in September, down 18.5% month on month, and a 56.2% plunge year on year, preliminary data released on October 13, 2012 by the General Administration of Customs showe...

According to Portuguese statistics bureau, during January-August, Portugal's trade with China totaled EUR 1.513 billion; therein, Portuguese export reached EUR 574 million, up 164.5% year-on-year, and...

According to China Customs statistics, during January-August, China's trade with Uzbekistan totaled USD 1.794 billion, up 44.29% year-on-year; therein, Chinese export value reached USD 1.161 billion, ...

China's polysilicon imports jumped during the first eight months of 2012 but prices slid, further squeezing profit margins for domestic companies, official data have indicated. China imported 56,000 to...

China import premiums for Good Western aluminum edged down to $220-230/mt CIF plus LME cash this week, from $230-240/mt at end-September, as the Chinese market returned from its week-long National Day...

With a growing animal husbandry in China, the U.S. sees a big increase in its alfalfa export to China. Chinese import of U.S. alfalfa surged to 170,000 tons in 2011 from 2,321 tons of 2007 and may exc...

Reported by Vietnamese newspaper, despite its high stock of steels, reaching 330,000 tons by September, Vietnam maintains a big volume in steel imports. During January-August, the country imported 5 m...