Picture of China's tungsten imports from January to April in 2023

From January to April in 2023, the cumulative import volume of China's tungsten products was 2474.50 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 12.90%%; The cumulative import value was 420 million yuan, down 10.41 percent year-on-year.

Among them, from January to April in 2023, China imported 1368.11 tons of tungsten ore and concentrate, 21.77% less than last year; 8.88 tons of tungsten carbide, 83.46% less than last year; 8.85 tons of tungsten powder, 76.87% less than last year; Unforged rolled tungsten, including simple sintered bars and rods 322 kg, 18.07% less than last year; 1.62 tons of tungsten wire, 33.96% less than last year; 2.91 tons of tungsten bars, rods, profiles, profiles, plates, sheets, belts and foils, 34.49% less than last year. Imports of tungsten trioxide 35.96 tons, up 98.13% year on year; 222.17 tons of tungsten hexafluoride, with a year-on-year increase of 1.95%; 752.84 tons of sodium tungstate, up 94.01% year on year. Imported tungstate 9.35 tons.

Picture of export data of China's tungsten products from January to April in 2023

In April 2023, the cumulative export volume of China's tungsten products was 2010.13 tons, which decreased by 38.19% year-on-year and increased by 0.81% month-on-month. The cumulative export value was 535 million yuan, decreasing by 32.32% year-on-year and increasing by 2.51% month-on-month.

In April, China exported 171.00 tons of tungsten trioxide, 79.06% less than last year, 45.14% less than last month; 14.52 tons of tungsten hexafluoride, 50.27% less than last year and 103.72% more than last year; 107.00 tons of ammonium paratungstate, 55.60% less than last year, 18.63% less than last month; 162.80 tons of ammonium metatungstate, 18.58% less than last year, 31.37% less than last month; 544.04 tons of tungsten carbide, decreasing 21.71% year-on-year and increasing 13.95% quarter-on-quarter; Tungsten-iron 228.25 tons, decreasing 28.89% year on year and increasing 73.57% month on month; 295.02 tons of tungsten powder, with a year-on-year growth of 95.46% and a month-on-month growth of 66.06%; 24.65 tons of tungsten wire, a year-on-year increase of 30.12%, a quarter-on-quarter decrease of 8.41%; 41.50 tons of tungsten waste and crushed material, 49.70% less than last year, 30.83% less than last month.