Chinese exports

The demand for sihcon in the 1990s has exceeded the installed Western world capacity. The difference has been supplemented by shipments from China, the Ukraine, and Russia. In 1993, Chinese exports reached 117,000 t, whereas exports from Ukraine and Russia were around 40,000 t (19). In 1995, the exports from China increased to 155,000 t, whereas the exports from the CIS (former USSR) countries declined. The sihcon metal shipped from these countries has been high in iron and calcium and has been used primarily in the secondary aluminum market. 

To see how the existing Chinese or Western silk separation problem developed, a brief look at the 18th century Chinese export silk trade is necessary. 

Chinese exports in 1991 were 72 billion imports were 62 billion. 

Chinese exports in 1991 were US 72 billion imports were US 62 billion foreign exchange reserves (excluding gold) are currently US 43 billion (China-Britain Trade Group 1993). 

Whether all these developments can lead to commercially successful operations remains to be seen. If Chinese export limits maintain higher prices, then prospects are better, but some consolidation may be needed. In the USA, Molycorp reborn has purchased the metal processing plant of Santoku and also bought AS SilmeL one of two European rare earth companies. ... 

The media s intense focus on China s exports to the United States has strangely ignored the fact that total US imports from all Pacific Rim countries, including China, have actually been in a steady decline since 1994, according to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. Chinese exports to the United States have indeed been on the rise and to some extent, have replaced exports to the United States from other Asian countries, but not by nearly enough to keep the total overall volume from decreasing steadily. 

In the past, Chinese plastics exports were mainly to generate badly needed foreign currency. In recent years, the domestic demand has grown at a speedy pace. Shortage problems in plastics supply are holding back Chinese exporters. China exports only small quantities of plastics each year and will not become a major plastics supplier to the world market in the near future. Plastics exports will continue to remain low through the new century. 

China will remain a large importer of motor vehicles. But the volume will decrease because the increase of foreign investment in the domestic motor vehicle industry will enable China to meet the demand from the marketplace. In 1998, the import volume was 37 903 vehicles, reducing to 20 000 by the year 2003 and it is forecast that China s motor vehicle imports will further decline to 10 000 vehicles by the year 2008. At the same time, Chinese exports will greatly increase in the future due to the improvement of Chinese motor vehicle quality. In 1998, the export volume was 10 100 vehicles. It increased to 18 000 vehicles in 2003, and will advance to 27 000 vehicles by the year 2008. 

Cinnamomum cassia B/um (Lauraceae) is the so-caUed cassia. It is native to southeastern China and has not been grown successfuUy outside of this area. The dried bark of this evergreen tree is stripped, ground, and sold almost exclusively in China. The leaves and twigs of the tree contain the same flavor components as the bark and are steam distUled to yield the cassia oil of commerce. Infrequently, smaU amounts of bark are bundled and exported as cassia lignea but caimot compete with the other varieties as bark spice. The Chinese prefer to seU the essential oil. 

Lucrative, expanding tea trade with China became a world monopoly of the East India Company. When the treaty between Britain and China expired in 1833, location of alternate tea sources became desirable. All attempts to cultivate the relatively superior Chinese varieties in India failed. However, local cultivation of the Assam variety indigenous to northeast India was promising, and eventually allowed tea production in India to flourish. India became one of the foremost tea growing areas of the world,7 only recently being surpassed in export by Kenya. 

Fleming, S.J. and Swann C.P. (1992). Recent applications of PIXE spectrometry in archaeology 2. Characterization of Chinese pottery exported to the Islamic world. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 64 528-537. 

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