According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 173.4 tons of calcium carbide, down by 28.4% M-O-M and down by 33.1% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 132 tons.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 18385 tons of silicon metal in September, up by 20.2% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 17940 tons.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that China produced 964.7 thousand tons of silicon manganese in September, increasing by 4.18% from the prior month, but falling by 5.38 % on the basis of 1.01 million tons for the same period of last year

According to the statistic, Chinese calcium carbide production was 2.116 million tons in September 2014, slightly down by 0.61% M-O-M and up by 4.4% Y-O-Y. In Jan-Sep, 2014, total production was 18.416 million tons, up by 10.8% Y-O-Y.

Q1-Q3 Exports of Chinese Ferrosilicon Surpassed the Total of 2013

According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, Chinese ferroalloy production in September was 3.2565 million tons, up by 6% M-O-M and up by 1.3% Y-O-Y. And the production was totally 27.905 million tons in Jan-Sep of 2014, up by 6.9% Y-O-Y.

According to the latest Customs statistic, China exported 53,224 tons of ferroalloys in September 2014, dropping down by 6.8% M-o-M but violently up by 62.8% Y-O-Y. The exported materials included 43,781 tons of ferrosilicon.

According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, China export 89668.61 tons of silicon metal in September, up by 37.67% Y-O-Y, and materials were mainly shipped to S.Korea and Japan with quantities respectively at 16774.84 tons and 19993.79 tons. ...