Occupy custom statistic data to show, portion our country imported nickel mine in all in September 2008 670 thousand tons, than going up the month increases 170 thousand tons, 1-9 month accumulative total imports 10.43 million tons, reduce 14 ％ compared to the same period. September from mine of Indonesian entrance nickel 250 thousand tons, average unit price is 93 dollars / ton, from Philippine entrance 370 thousand tons, average unit price is 65 dollars / ton. Our country will import nickel concentrate in all September 48 thousand tons, import concentrate from Botswana among them 9651 tons, import concentrate from Russia 11 thousand tons, import concentrate from Australia 25 thousand tons.

From the point of main entrance area, sunshine harbor imports mine of about 300 thousand tons of nickel, take the in part that countrywide nickel mine will import gross September about, sunshine harbor already became our country's biggest nickel mine to import harbor stage by stage, at present nickel mine reserve is this haven about 2.8 million tons, also be the haven with the biggest stocks of countrywide nickel mine. Guangxi prevents city harbor to import mine of 110 thousand tons of nickel, main use is mixed toward Yunnan Sichuan. Jin Chuan imports concentrate of about 36 thousand tons of nickel, 1-9 month Jin Chuan already accumulative total imports nickel concentrate 320 thousand tons, increase 95 ％ compared to the same period.