Analysis Of World Fluorite International Trade

1. Global fluorite import and export trade profile

1) fluorite products with a calcium fluoride content of 97% or less by weight.

According to the latest data released by the United Nations Database: global weight by weight in 2012

Fluorite imports with a total content of 97% and below amounted to US $350 million.

In 2012, the total export volume of fluorite with weight of 97% and below was 234 million US dollars.

In 2012, the global import of fluorite by weight of calcium fluoride was below 97% and below TOP5.

In 2012, the global fluorite export at weight of 97% and below was TOP5

2) fluorite products with a calcium fluoride content of 97% or more by weight.

According to the latest data released by the United Nations database, in 2012, the total import value of fluorite products with weight of calcium fluoride above 97% was 350 million US dollars.

In 2012, the global calcium fluoride content was more than 97% by weight.

Total exports amounted to US $234 million.

In 2012, the global import of fluorite products by weight of calcium fluoride content was more than 97% TOP5

In 2012, the world's exports of fluorite products by weight of calcium fluoride were above 97%, TOP5

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2. China fluorite exports

China's Fluorite exports account for about 40% to 50% of the world's export volume.

It plays an important role in the world market.

Before 2003, China exported more than 1 million T over the past years. Due to the reduction of export quotas in 2003, exports in the 2004~2013 years were less than 1 million T.

According to Chinese customs statistics, the export volume of fluorite in China was 453 thousand and 500 tons in 2013.

Because China has cut export quotas, the supply of world fluorite market has decreased, and demand has increased with the recovery of world economy. So South Africa, Mexico, Kenya and other countries have increased fluorite production and become an important participant in the global fluorite trade.

3. Fluorite international trade in the United States

In the United States, because of the lack of fluorite production, in addition to recovering a small amount of fluorite from industrial waste, it relies mainly on imported fluorite to meet domestic demand and strategic fluorite storage.

In the past 2009~2012 years, the main source of fluorite imported from the United States was 15% of state-owned China, 73% of Mexico and 8% of South Africa.

2007-2012 years US fluorite import survey