China releases 2011 export quotas for rare metals
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Tuesday, 02 Nov 2010
It is reported that China's Ministry of Commerce has released the 2011 export quotas for a number of rare earth metals and their metals products.
As per report, next year's export quotas for industrial metal products bauxite light and dead burned magnesium as well as refined tin and tin products have been reduced. Those for silver, tungsten and tungsten products and antimony and antimony products, meanwhile are subject to year-on-year increases. Export quotas for molybdenum and molybdenum products remain unchanged from last year's level.
The following table shows China's 2011 export quotas for various nonferrous metals.
China's export quotas of industrial metal products for 2011
| Product | Export quota | change |
| Tungsten and tungsten products | 15.7 | 9.7% |
| Refined tin and tin products | 18.9 | -10% |
| Antimony and antimony products | 60.3 | 4.8% |
| Molybdenum and Molybdenum products | 25.5 | 0 |
| Indium and indium products | 0.233 | 0 |
| Bauxite | 830 | -10.7% |
| Silver | 5.67 | 11.1% |
| Light and dead burned magnesium | 1,230 | -7.5% |
In ‘000 tonnes)
(Sourced from MOFCOM)
