According to relevant customs data, the total import volume of tungsten products in China in the first quarter of 2022 was 2,505.41 tons, a year-on-year increase of 43.46%; the cumulative import value was 394.5251 million yuan, an increase of 89.18% year-on-year.
In the 1st.,quarter, China imported 1,559.70 tons of tungsten ore and concentrates, an increase of 29.23% year-on-year; sodium tungstate 334.28 tons, an increase of 86.89% year-on-year; calcium tungstate 38.20 tons, an increase of 6.39% year-on-year; newly added tungsten hexafluoride imports 150.00 tons. Imported tungsten trioxide was 15.78 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 54.98%; tungsten carbide was 36.45 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 24.43%; tungsten powder was 35.07 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 27.26%; tungsten wire was 2.06 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 35.6%; 160 tons and 9.43 tons were reduced to 1 kg.
China imported 24.40 tons of tungsten carbide in March, a year-on-year increase of 0.54% and a month-on-month increase of 137.44%. Imported 243.92 tons of tungsten ore and its concentrates, down 30.74% year-on-year and up 62.36% month-on-month; 2.38 tons of tungsten trioxide, down 85.35% year-on-year and 64.97% month-on-month; 50.21 tons of tungsten hexafluoride, down 24.98% month-on-month; tungsten acid Sodium was 62.68 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 13.21% and a month-on-month decrease of 9.78%; tungsten powder was 688 kg, a year-on-year decrease of 98.39% and a month-on-month decrease of 74.40%; tungsten wire was 863 kg, a year-on-year decrease of 16.38% and a month-on-month increase of 79.05%.
In March 2022, the export volume of China's tungsten products was 2,709.37 tons, an increase of 34.62% year-on-year in March 2021 and a 68.20% month-on-month increase in February 2022; the export value was 631.7336 million yuan, an increase of 60.70% year-on-year and a month-on-month increase of 64.34%.
Among them, China exported 613.10 tons of tungsten trioxide in March, a year-on-year increase of 33.01% and a month-on-month increase of 76.33%; tungsten hexafluoride 11.87 tons, a month-on-month decrease of 55.01%; ammonium metatungstate 203.64 tons, an increase of 88.50% year-on-year and a month-on-month increase of 186.14% ; 542.50 tons of tungsten powder, a year-on-year increase of 441.96%; a month-on-month increase of 118.40%; 30 tons of tungsten waste and scrap, a year-on-year increase of 232.26% and a month-on-month increase of 87.97%. The export of tungstic acid was 200 kg, a year-on-year decrease of 98.28%; ammonium paratungstate was 269 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 16.56% and a month-on-month increase of 29.70%; sodium tungstate was 2.5 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 16.67% and a month-on-month increase of 25.00%; tungsten carbide was 414.27 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 23.54% , a year-on-year increase of 59.17%; tungsten wire was 20.64, a year-on-year decrease of 28.04% and a month-on-month decrease of 12.10%.
