Japan's manganese alloys import decreased by 20% y-o-y in CY'23 to 295,605 t which was 368,063 t in CY'22.

Ferro chrome imports in Japan decreased 11% y-o-y to 550,415 t in CY'23 as against 617,139 t in CY'22.

China imported 679,934.52 tons of ferronickel in November 2023, down 25% month-on-month and up 14.3% year-on-year, according to customs data.

China imported 3,868,780.81 tons of nickel ore in November 2023, down 26.3% month-on-month and 5.5% year-on-year, according to customs data.

Data from the General Administration of Customs showed that the country imported a total of 383.64 million tons of coal from January to October this year, a year-on-year increase of 66.8 percent.

China's iron ore imports remained firm in September, marking the third-highest volumes so far this year, although it fell from the near three-year high in August.

During the period, China imported a total of 669 million tons of iron ore, up 6.9 percent from the same period last year, according to the data.

Statistics of imported manganese ore in May 2023