On October 30, Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association released the result of demand & supply for silicon metal and the result of production of secondary aluminium alloy products in September 2014.

According to the statistics of Japan Customs, Japan’s ferroalloy export volume was 15260 mt in September of 2014, down by 4.9% M-O-M and down by 25.6% Y-O-Y. The total export volume in Jan-Sep of 2014 was 180437 mt, up by 11.6% Y-O-Y.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 173.4 tons of calcium carbide, down by 28.4% M-O-M and down by 33.1% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 132 tons.

According to statistic of Japan Customs, Japan imported 18385 tons of silicon metal in September, up by 20.2% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China with import volume at 17940 tons.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]It is reported that China produced 964.7 thousand tons of silicon manganese in September, increasing by 4.18% from the prior month, but falling by 5.38 % on the basis of 1.01 million tons for the same period of last year

According to the statistic, Chinese calcium carbide production was 2.116 million tons in September 2014, slightly down by 0.61% M-O-M and up by 4.4% Y-O-Y. In Jan-Sep, 2014, total production was 18.416 million tons, up by 10.8% Y-O-Y.

Q1-Q3 Exports of Chinese Ferrosilicon Surpassed the Total of 2013

According to the latest Customs statistic, China exported 53,224 tons of ferroalloys in September 2014, dropping down by 6.8% M-o-M but violently up by 62.8% Y-O-Y. The exported materials included 43,781 tons of ferrosilicon.