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Tungsten Prices Soar to the Skies – July 23, 2025 5

Analysis of Latest Tungsten Market from Chinatungsten Online The price of tungsten market continues to rise, mainly due to the current situation of supply contraction, the expected growth of demand and the impact of policy-based strategic regulation. However, the continued high price of tungsten has significantly suppressed the willingness of downstream purchases. The current market consumption power is insufficient. The rapid increase in prices is easy to increase the risk of bubbles. The industry needs to be vigilant about changes…

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China’s Tungsten Products Exports in the First Half of 2025 15

According to data compiled by Chinatungsten Online from the General Administration of Customs, in the first half of 2025, China’s exports of tungsten products (excluding cemented carbide tools and tungsten halogen lamps) totaled 7,257.99 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 23.94% compared to the first half of 2024. The export value amounted to RMB 2.239 billion, reflecting a year-on-year decrease of 14.57%. Breakdown of Tungsten Product Exports from January to June 2025 From January to June 2025, China exported the following…

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China’s Tungsten Products Exports in the Second Quarter of 2025 11

According to data compiled by Chinatungsten Online from the General Administration of Customs, in the second quarter of 2025, China’s exports of tungsten products (excluding cemented carbide tools and tungsten halogen lamps) amounted to 3,941.04 tons, reflecting a year-on-year decrease of 23.85% compared to the second quarter of 2024, and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 18.82% compared to the first quarter of 2025. The export value was RMB 1.234 billion, showing a year-on-year decrease of 14.30% and a quarter-on-quarter increase of…

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China’s Tungsten Products Exports in June 2025 15

In June, China’s export business for ammonium paratungstate and tungsten trioxides resumed. Specifically, 40 tons of ammonium paratungstate were exported to Japan, with an export value of RMB 8.9714 million (unit price approximately RMB 224,000/ton); and 20 tons of tungsten trioxides were exported to South Korea, with an export value of RMB 5.0527 million (unit price approximately RMB 253,000/ton). The shippers were all registered in Fujian Province. According to data compiled by Chinatungsten Online from the General Administration of Customs,…

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China’s Tungsten Products Imports in the First Half of 2025 10

According to data compiled by Chinatungsten Online from the General Administration of Customs, in the first half of 2025, China’s imports of tungsten products (excluding cemented carbide tools and tungsten halogen lamps) amounted to 8,698.06 tons, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 17.74% compared to the first half of 2024. The import value was RMB 1.07 billion, showing a year-on-year growth of 36.50%. Breakdown of Tungsten Product Imports from January to June 2025 From January to June 2025, China imported the…

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China’s Tungsten Products Imports in the Second Quarter of 2025 3

According to data compiled by Chinatungsten Online from the General Administration of Customs, in the second quarter of 2025, China’s imports of tungsten products (excluding cemented carbide tools and tungsten halogen lamps) amounted to 4,865.59 tons. This reflects a year-on-year increase of 47.99% compared to the second quarter of 2024 and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 26.96% compared to the first quarter of 2025. The import value reached RMB 584 million, showing a year-on-year increase of 26.55% and a quarter-on-quarter increase…

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China’s Tungsten Products Imports in June 2025 6

According to data compiled by Chinatungsten Online from the General Administration of Customs, in June 2025, China’s imports of tungsten products (excluding cemented carbide tools and tungsten halogen lamps) amounted to 2,354.51 tons. This represents a year-on-year increase of 98.75% compared to June 2024 and a month-on-month increase of 67.05% compared to May 2025. The import value was RMB 272 million, reflecting a year-on-year increase of 70.17% and a month-on-month increase of 74.41%. Breakdown of Tungsten Product Imports in June…

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China’s “Zero Tolerance” Policy on Smuggling of Strategic Minerals 8

On July 19, 2025, the Office of the National Export Control Coordination Mechanism organized a meeting in Nanning, Guangxi, involving units such as the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of State Security, General Administration of Customs, National Postal Administration, Supreme People’s Court, and Supreme People’s Procuratorate to advance the special operation against the smuggling and export of strategic minerals. The meeting reviewed and reported on initial progress, comprehensively analyzed the current situation regarding anti-smuggling efforts, and made…

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Tungsten Prices Surge and Policies Support Drive New Industry Cycle 20

Analysis of Latest Tungsten Market from Chinatungsten Online The tungsten market has been running strongly this year, and the prices of products in the entire industry chain have generally risen, forming a cost deferral and transmission pattern from “tungsten concentrate-tungsten smelting-deep processing of tungsten products”. Major resource-based enterprises and important smelting enterprises in the industry chain have basically reached a consensus, and their external quotations have demonstrated their tacit understanding of high prices to the industry. At the national level,…

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Yarlung Zangbo River Downstream Hydropower Project Benefits Tungsten Industry 42

On July 19, the Yarlung Zangbo River downstream hydropower project officially started. The Yarlung Zangbo River downstream hydropower project is expected to have a total investment of 1.2 trillion yuan within ten years. It will build a 5-level hydropower station with a scale three times that of the Three Gorges Dam in a high-altitude mountainous area of more than 3,000 meters above sea level in Linzhi, Tibet, with a straight-line distance of about 50 kilometers and a drop of more…

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