According to data compiled by Chinatungsten Online from the General Administration of Customs, from January to March 2025, China’s cumulative imports of tungsten products (excluding carbide cutting tools and tungsten halogen lamps, hereinafter the same) totaled 3,832.85 tons. This represents a year-on-year increase of 24.26% compared to January-March 2024. The cumulative import value amounted to 487 million yuan, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 8.69%.
Of this total, from January to March 2025, China imported 2,900.47 tons of tungsten ores and concentrates, marking a year-on-year increase of 47.88%. Tungstic acid imports were 10.75 tons, showing a significant year-on-year increase. Imports of other tungsten oxides and hydroxides, not elsewhere specified, reached 40.00 tons, increasing 48.11% year-on-year. Tungsten powder imports totaled 15.10 tons, up 93.21% year-on-year. Unwrought tungsten, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering, amounted to 899 kilograms, with a year-on-year increase of 292.58%. Imports of tungsten bars, rods, profiles, plates, sheets, strips, and foils totaled 1,966 kilograms, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 43.40%. Tungsten trioxide imports amounted to 5,458 kilograms, down 88.86% year-on-year. Tungsten hexafluoride imports were 121.30 tons, down 7.17% year-on-year. Sodium tungstate imports totaled 710.73 tons, decreasing 16.04% year-on-year. Tungsten carbide imports amounted to 15.52 tons, reflecting a year-on-year decrease of 54.77%. Tungsten wire imports were 1,004 kilograms, down 29.84% year-on-year. Ammonium paratungstate imports amounted to 5 kilograms.
In addition, from January to March 2025, China imported 162.83 tons of coated or plated carbide knives and cutting blades for metalworking machinery, representing a year-on-year decrease of 6.19%. Imports of other carbide knives and cutting blades for metalworking machinery amounted to 121.35 tons, down 0.44% year-on-year.
