Spot iron ore fixtures to China down in early Nov
* Reported iron ore fixtures to China at 18 in first half Nov
* Ten vessels booked from Australia, eight from Brazil
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SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Reported spot iron ore vessel bookings to China from the world's two biggest exporters, Australia and Brazil, fell to 18 in the first half of November from 21 in the same period last month.
Vessel bookings from Australia, the biggest iron ore seller to China, fell by half to 10 between November 1 and November 15, according to data specialist AXSMarine.
Fixtures from Brazil to China stood at 8 versus 1 in the first half of October.
The AXSMarine data only captures a portion of the global seaborne iron ore trade, worth $88 billion and dominated by Brazil and Australiam but the data shows 2.8 million tonnes of spot iron ore was booked for China in the period,
For the whole of October, the data showed some 12.65 million tonnes booked and 6.1 million in September.
China's trade data showed total iron ore imports of 45.47 million tonnes in October and 64.55 million tonnes in September. (Reporting by Nick Trevethan; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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