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According to the data released by the Customs Statistics Platform, China imported 8,701 mt of refined nickel (unwrought non-alloyed nickel containing total nickel and cobalt ≥99.99%, cobalt ≤0.005%, other unwrought nonalloyed nickel and unwrought nickel alloys) in December 2023. The customs clearance volume was down 10.31% MoM and 20.72% YoY. Of the total, 5,785 mt or 65.5% was other unwrought nickel alloys, down 63.27% YoY.