# China HS 490600 exports | Yugalinks

Explore reported HS 490600 exports from China: destinations, growth, concentration, prices, and history.

## Exporter position

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Exporter | China |
| HS6 | 490600 |
| Latest exports | $3.0M |
| Active destinations | 100 |
| Three-year growth | -17.1% |
| Destination HHI | 3,242 |
| Weighted share | 20.6% |

## Destination markets

- India: $1.6M; share 8.2%; growth +92.4%

## Price intelligence

- Highest reported market price: Mongolia at $116.2M / ton.
- Lowest reported market price: Zimbabwe at $88.7 / ton.
- Median reported price: $10.2K / ton.
- Price spread: 1,143,932.9%.

## Export history

- 2010: $13.7M
- 2011: $7.4M
- 2012: $9.5M
- 2013: $14.2M
- 2014: $70.0M
- 2015: $5.9M
- 2016: $6.2M
- 2017: $10.0M
- 2018: $13.9M
- 2019: $6.7M
- 2020: $2.4M
- 2021: $4.7M
- 2022: $6.1M
- 2023: $8.7M
- 2024: $2.7M

## Methods

Reported exporter totals are combined with destination, price, history, and country-context observations. Growth, concentration, weighted share, volatility, drawdown, and price-position values are calculated indicators rather than additional reported trade.

Missing values are shown as Not reported and are not imputed.

## Complete structured values

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