Taiwan: Ferro alloys imports down 22% y-o-y in CY'23

Manganese alloys imports fall 12% y-o-y in CY'23

• Taiwan's Manganese alloys imports decreased by 12% y-o-y in CY'23 to 173,137 t which was 196,568 t in CY'22.
  
  
• Silico manganese imports declined 14% y-o-y to 95,962 t in CY'23 as against 111,918 t CY'22.
  
  
• Meanwhile, ferro manganese imports fell by 9% in CY'23 to 77,175 t as compared to 84,650 t in CY'22.
  
  

Ferro chrome imports y-o-y diminish 41% in CY'23

• Ferro chrome imports in Taiwan dropped by 41% y-o-y in CY'23 to 90,740 t which was 153,849 t in CY'22.
  
  
• South Africa(40,996 t) and India(25,323 t) remained the key exporters in CY'23.
  
  
• However, imports m-o-m stood stable with slight decline of 1% in December 2023 to 6,872 t as against 7,002 t in November 2023.
  
  

Ferro silicon imports decrease 12% y-o-y in CY'23

• Ferro silicon imports dropped by 12% y-o-y in CY'23 to 75,135 t in comparison with 85,191 t in CY'22.
  
  
• China(28,126 t) and Norway(18,352 t) were the key exporters in CY'23.
  
  
• Meanwhile, imports m-o-m declined by 49% to 3,411 t in December 2023 as against 6,717 t in November 2023.