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China's Supply and demand of refined zinc in May 2008 
(www.chinamining.org)
Updated:
2008-06-27 00:39
Counter:
BEIJING, June 26 -- Following is a table showing the supply and demand of refined zinc from January 2007 to May 2008:
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Zinc |
Output (ton) |
Apparent consumption (ton) |
Import (ton) |
Export (ton) |
Stock in the exchange (ton) |
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2007 |
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January |
279,686 |
222,794 |
14,485 |
71,377 |
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February |
281,700 |
240,742 |
6,957 |
47,915 |
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March |
305,600 |
277,673 |
5,697 |
33,624 |
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April |
303,300 |
309,858 |
19,679 |
13,121 |
30,518 |
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May |
323,600 |
329,721 |
16,602 |
10,481 |
40,440 |
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June |
320,600 |
313,316 |
5,889 |
13,173 |
45,055 |
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July |
276,300 |
268,595 |
16,493 |
24,198 |
39,974 |
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August |
280,100 |
263,978 |
5,897 |
22,019 |
32,312 |
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September |
324,800 |
325,504 |
13,029 |
12,325 |
27,769 |
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October |
341,900 |
357,841 |
24,904 |
8,963 |
35,858 |
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November |
350,400 |
358,724 |
15,028 |
6,704 |
39,268 |
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December |
359,000 |
351,982 |
4,731 |
11,749 |
39,864 |
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2008 |
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January |
298,200 |
291,036 |
3,081 |
10,245 |
57,537 |
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February |
267,600 |
269,905 |
8,984 |
6,679 |
71,584 |
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March |
315,800 |
320,322 |
9,363 |
4,841 |
72,521 |
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April |
318,600 |
323,272 |
13,442 |
8,770 |
70,511 |
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May |
338,900 |
352,492 |
19,220 |
5,628 |
68,658 |
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The first delivery month of zinc product was July 2007, with no standard warehouse receipt registered before March 2007. |
Sources: statistics on output from the National Bureau of Statistics, and that on import and export from the General Administration of Customs, apparent consumption is calculated based on "output + import - export", and stocks in the exchange are the total stocks of the three delivery points in Shanghai, Guangdong and Wuxi of the Shanghai Futures Exchange.
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