Brazil exports 15.94 million tons iron ore to China

Brazil exports 15.94 million tons iron ore to China

Based on Brazil Customs, Brazil totally exported 15.94 million tons of iron ore to China during January-April 2005, down 4% year on year. Among the total, export quantity of unsintered iron ore totaled 13.89 million tons with $288 million in trade value, up 29.1% year on year; and that of sintered iron ore totaled 2.05 million tons, down 38% of 1.29 million tons against the quantity of 3.34 million tons in the same period previous year, meanwhile, the export value of sintered iron ore totaled $78.41 million, down 37.7% of $108 million year on year.