According to the data of China Cement Network Cement Big Data Platform, China imported 10.06 million tons of clinker from January to May this year, compared with 8.1 million tons in the same period last year, an increase of more than 20% over the same period last year. Among them, 3.735 million tons of clinker were imported in May, up 136% from April, the highest in a single month in history. In the first five months of the
calendar year, 64% of the total
imported clinker came from Vietnam, 11% from Japan, about 7% from South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, and about 600,000 tons and 450,000 tons from Thailand and Indonesia respectively.