Chinese Rare Earth Exports Drop in January

The Australian Business Review reported that in January Chinese rare earth exports were down 49 percent from a year earlier.

As quoted in the market news:

The report, citing a source at the General Administration of Customs, notes that the total value of rare earth exports in the month totalled 124 million yuan, down 49.5 per cent from a year earlier.

According to previously released data from Hohhot customs in Inner Mongolia, China exported a total of 28,000 tonnes of rare earth in 2014, an increase of 27.3 per cent.

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