Import is up by 17% from prior month, and export is down by 19% =
South Korea's foreign trade statistics shows the import volume of main ferroalloys in April 2016 was 102,183 tons, up by 17.2% from the prior month and the export volume was 26,139 tons, down by 18.9% ditto. The import details of main ferroalloys are as shown in Table 1 and the export details in Table 2 respectively.
 For a reference, the import volume of ferro-silicon (Si>55%) by main source was <> China: 17,417 tons, <> Russia: 4,345 tons, <> Malaysia: 1,520 tons, <> Vietnam: 80 tons and <> Others: 146 tons.