May 30, 2022 - Data from China Customs shows that from January to April 2022, China exported a total of 123,100 tons of silicon carbide, a year-on-year increase of 19.03%. In April this year, China exported 38,700 tons of silicon carbide, a year-on-year increase of 30.41%.

From January to April this year, China's silicon carbide was exported to 58 countries and regions. Compared with the same period last year, the number of exporting countries and regions increased by 5. The main export destination countries of silicon carbide are still the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, and South Korea. Among them, 41,800 tons were exported to the United States, a year-on-year increase of 35.97%, accounting for 33.95% of the total export volume; 17,100 tons to Japan, a year-on-year decrease of 15.11%; 12,700 tons to the Netherlands, a year-on-year increase of 9.06%; 11,200 tons to South Korea, a year-on-year decrease of 3.73%.

From January to April, China imported a total of 2,871.72 tons of silicon carbide, a year-on-year increase of 532.64%. Among them, China imported 2,391.75 tons of silicon carbide from North Korea, a year-on-year increase of 1,047.05%, accounting for 83.29% of the total import volume of silicon carbide. China imported 184.77 tons of silicon carbide from Norway, a year-on-year increase of 110.80%.