TABLE-China April nickel, lead, zinc, tin trade

May 22 (Reuters) - China's exports and imports of refined lead, zinc, tin
and nickel as well as concentrates in April and the first four months of 2008,
as reported in official customs figures.

April Jan-April

tonnes pct chg* tonnes pct chg*
Exports:
Refined lead 4,778 -89 27,063 -69

To:

South Korea 2,473 -68 7,378 -63

Thailand 1,310 -78 10,249 -30

Singapore 797 -93 3,377 -79

Indonesia 99 -95 99 -98

Malaysia 99 -77 99 -85
Refined zinc 8,770 -33 30,536 -82

To:

Germany 8,339 235 24,240 120

Taiwan 4,553 -29 14,902 -25

South Korea 3,997 518 10,196 35

Belgium 2,997 113 10,097 34

Japan 2,376 -11 9,058 -18
Refined nickel, alloy 456 ~ 1,802 ~
Refined tin, alloy 15 -100 381 -97
Imports:
Refined nickel,ally 10,776 ~ 46,463 ~
From:

Canada 3,771 ~ 10,946 ~

Russia 3,462 ~ 15,434 ~
Refined lead 224 -92 5,442 -44
Refined zinc 13,442 -32 34,870 -26
Zinc alloy 15,113 -11 48,988 - 8
From:

Australia 6,362 -28 21,749 -21

South Korea 3,864 30 11,548 37

Taiwan 1,945 -21 5,884 -19

Canada 952 158 2,576 94

Japan 903 36 3,725 54

Thailand 546 -23 1,355 3
Refined tin 1,254 85 4,995 ~
Nickel ores, concentrates

1,995,420 28 5,554,808 47

From:

Indonesia 1,405,261 112 4,242,263 120

Philippines 477,820 -40 997,428 -35

New Caledonia 53,228 -49 154,876 -42

Spain 18,815 ~ 37,829 60

Australia 17,369 ~ 51,506 56

Botswana 14,140 ~ 38,078 ~

Russia 6,517 ~ 16,645 ~
Lead ores, concentrates

129,521 15 407,786 -8

From:

South Africa 7,640 -45 8,254 -45

Peru 18,738 -22 67,898 -21

South Korea 17,293 27 43,646 -16

Germany 10,902 ~ 21,897 101

Australia 10,661 -50 34,023 -50

India 7,040 ~ 25,729 -17

Canada 6,681 ~ 7,697 ~

Turkey 6,124 ~ 12,515 311

Russia 5,889 23 17,229 26

United States 5,058 2 42,322 65
Zinc ores, concentrates 133,957 -20 729,407 37

From:

Indonesia 20,832 1,018 34,219 633

Peru 20,260 132 104,561 269

Australia 20,197 -22 237,359 97

Turkey 14,336 -20 43,437 50

India 12,052 -42 81,669 26

Mongolia 10,145 13 56,519 26

South Korea 8,814 651 24,459 361

Myanmar 8,119 240 23,187 872

North Korea 5,660 -89 38,722 -74

Iran 4,855 -27 16,200 -52

Thailand 3,528 902 10,287 1,188

Guatemala 2,366 69 8,796 106
Tin ores, concentrates 590 16 2,783 53

Vietnam 259 ~ 1,478 ~
* Percentage change from year earlier; ~ Not avaiable.

(Reporting by Niu Shuping)