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Posted on 07 Jan 2008

Chinese semis export during January to November

China exported 6.310 million tonne of semis during January to November 2007 period. The exports were made to 50 countries, but almost 75% of the volume was accounted by 5 countries including South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia.

The details of exports during November and January to November 2007 are as under
Chinese semis export during January to November

		Nov'07	J-N'07	Share
	Total	0.167	6.310
1	South Korea	0.087	1.460	23.1%
2	Viet Nam	0.020	0.989	15.7%
3	Taiwan Region	0.000	0.939	14.9%
4	Thailand	0.000	0.696	11.0%
5	Indonesia	0.000	0.505	8.0%
6	Saudi Arabia	0.000	0.310	4.9%
7	Malaysia	0.030	0.301	4.8%
8	Philippines	0.019	0.216	3.4%
9	Iran	0.000	0.176	2.8%
10	Hong Kong	0.000	0.152	2.4%
11	UAE	0.000	0.144	2.3%
12	Kuwait	0.000	0.138	2.2%
13	Jordan	0.000	0.050	0.8%
14	Italy	0.000	0.041	0.7%
15	Ecuador	0.000	0.037	0.6%
16	Burma	0.010	0.031	0.5%
17	Oman	0.000	0.025	0.4%
18	The Dominican Republic	0.000	0.021	0.3%
19	Turkey	0.000	0.021	0.3%
20	Sri Lanka	0.000	0.020	0.3%
	Others	0.000	0.039	0.6%

In million tonnes

The above volumes include following product categories
1. Common carbon billets
2. Common carbon slabs
3. High carbon billets and slabs
4. Stainless steel billets and slabs
5. Alloy forging billets and slabs with weight of more than 10 tonnes
8. Other alloy billets and slabs