According to statistic of Korea Customs, S.Korea imported 13753 tons of silicon metal, up by 18.3% Y-O-Y. The materials were mainly imported from China, Norway and Brazil with import volumes respectively at 11570 tons, 1142 tons and 500 tons.

According to statistic of Korea Customs, the import volume of other ferroalloy in May was 1614 tons, down by 34.8% M-O-M while down by 22.4% Y-O-Y. The imported materials were mainly sourced from China （1447 tons）.

Japan Imports of Chinese FeSi Greatly Decreased in May 2014

According to latest data of the General Administration of Customs, China imported 24.01 million mt of coal in May 2014

According to statistic National Bureau of Statistic of China, China export ... tons of silicon metal in May, slightly down by 2.31% Y-O-Y

According to latest data of the General Administration of Customs, China exported ... mt of EMM (811100) in May 2014

It is reported that China total imported more or less 1.35 million tons of manganese ore in May on the basis of 1.22 million tons in April, according to data from Chinese Customs Statistics.

According to latest statistics of China Customs, exports of Chinese FeSi were 34,899 mt in May 2014, which basically equaled that of last month and was 25.8% more than that of May 2013.