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GACC: China's coal imports hit record high in December

China's imports of all types of coal surged to a record high of 58.6 million tonnes in December, up 11.9% year on year and jumping 33% from November, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs (GACC) on January 14.

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U.S. shipping rules suppress Chinese UCO exports, accelerating trade reshaping

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection's announcement of a tiered fee system targeting Chinese vessels, effective October 14, 2025, is set to substantially increase shipping costs for Chinese industrial grade used cooking oil (UCO) exports to the United States. Coupled with existing tariffs and the

A glance of China PP market indicators - Aug W2, 2025

Mysteel OilChem has released the weekly "A Glance of China PP Market Indicators," providing you with the latest information on China's PP market prices by grade and key supply and demand indicators in the chart below.

China's May refined oil exports down 12% YoY

According to data from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC), China's exports of refined oil, including gasoline, gasoil, and kerosene, totaled 3.12 million tonnes in May, down 1.89% month on month (MoM) and 11.6% year on year (YoY).   The monthly fall in May

Mysteel and Argus partner on iron ore benchmarks

New basket prices for both 61% and 62% Fe seaborne iron ore imported into China

China urea export policy relaxation likely to ease high supply pressure

Recently, the Economic and Trade Department of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) held a meeting and decided to relax the strict control on urea exports, in a move to allow urea exports to resume in an orderly manner from May to September, 2025 in order to relieve the

FLASH: Hunan lithium-ion battery exports experience explosive growth in Q1

On April 17, Changsha Customs released the data showing that in the first quarter of this year, Hunan's total import and export value reached Yuan 123.65 billion, including Yuan 75.99 billion in exports and Yuan 47.66 billion in imports.   Meanwhile, exports of the three new energy products surged b

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