Brazilian iron ore exports up 13 percent in Nov over Oct

According to the statistics provided by Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase), in November this year Brazil's iron ore exports amounted to 23.2 million metric tons, falling by 9.2 percent year on year and up 13.1 percent compared to October this year.
 
The share of the world's largest iron ore exporter Vale in Brazil's total iron ore exports in November equalled 90.8 percent, amounting to 21 million metric tons, down 4.8 percent year on year.
 
Meanwhile, in the first 11 months of 2011 Brazilian iron ore exports fell by one percent year on year, decreasing to 251.7 million metric tons.
 
Vale's share in Brazil's total iron ore exports in the January-November period of this year reached 91.4 percent, amounting to 230 million metric tons, up 0.8 percent compared to the corresponding period of 2010.