By SHRUTI SALWAN 
Published: Friday, 29 April 2016
Trade statistics from China for the first quarter of 2016 have revealed a significant drop in the country’s upstream fluorspar exports, with acid grade fluorspar (acidspar) figures falling by 10% year-over-year (y-o-y), while metallurgical grade fluorspar (metspar) dropping by 24% y-o-y….Exports for both acid and met grade fluorspar dropped significantly in Q1 2016, while HF acid trades remained steady against AlF3. China’s acidspar imports have increased by as much as 220% y-o-y, mainly from Vietnam, following four-digit growth in 2015 imports.
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