Ngokweenkcukacha-manani ezisemthethweni ezivela kurhulumente waseTshayina, iyonke yokuthunyelwa kwentsimbi evela e-China kwesi siqingatha sokuqala sonyaka ibimalunga ne-37 yezigidi zeetoni, inyuke ngaphezu kwe-30% ngonyaka.
Phakathi kwabo, iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zokuthumela ngaphandle intsimbi kuquka bar ngeenxa zonke kunye nocingo, kunye malunga 5.3 million iitoni, icandelo steel (1.4 million tons), ipleyiti steel (24.9 million tons), kunye nentsimbi umbhobho (3.6 million tons).
Ngaphezu koko, le ntsimbi yaseTshayina yayisiya kuMzantsi Korea (iitoni zezigidi ezisisi-4,2), iVietnam (iitoni ezisisi-4.1 sezigidi), iThailand (iitoni ezisisi-2.2 sezigidi), iiPhilippines (iitoni ezisisi-2.1 sezigidi), i-Indonesia (iitoni ezisisi-1.6 sezigidi), iBrazil (iitoni ezisisi-1,2 sezigidi), neTurkey (iitoni ezingama-906 000).